Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pakistan (eBook, PDF)

Origins, Identity and Future

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000856538
• Artikelnr.: 67361675

Autorenporträt

Pervez Hoodbhoy taught physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad (1973-2021) as well as other Pakistani universities (Lahore University of Management Sciences and Forman Christian College) for nearly five decades. He was visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Maryland, and a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Long Before The Two-Nation Idea
1. Identity Formation in Medieval India
2. The British Reinvent India
Part Two: A Closer Look At Pakistan's Three Founder-Heroes
3. Founder I: The Lonely Modernizer
4. Founder II: Premier Poet-Preacher-Politician
5. Founder III: Liberal, Secular, Visionary?
6. Jinnah Trounces his Muslim Opponents
Part Three: Postnatal Blues
7. Stubborn Angularities I: East Pakistan
8. Stubborn Angularities II: Balochistan
Part Four: Five Big Questions
9. Was Partition Worth the Price?
10. What Is the Ideology of Pakistan - and Does It Matter?
11. Why Couldn't Pakistan Become an Islamic State?
12. Why Is Pakistan a Praetorian State?
13. Identity: I'm Pakistani, but What Am I?
Part Five: Looking Ahead
14. Three Physical Perils up Ahead
15. The Paths Travelled Post-1971
16. Replacing the Two Nation Theory
Index