Imagining Pakistan : modernism, state, and the politics of Islamic revival /

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Author / Creator:	Rais, Rasul Bux, author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 221 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Islam and politics -- Pakistan. National characteristics. Islam and politics. National characteristics. Politics and government. Pakistan -- Politics and government. Pakistan. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13455001

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ISBN:	9781498553964 1498553966 1498553958 9781498553957
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	This study examines the conflict between two visions for Pakistan: a modern constitutional framework and an Islamist state. The author argues that Western liberal ideas were at the root of Pakistan's creation, analyzes the society's drift away from its founding philosophy, and assesses optimistic indications of its revival.
Other form:	Print version: Imagining Pakistan. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017] 1498553958

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