Islam, Nationalism and the West : Issues of Identity in Pakistan

by Malik, Iftikhar H.

• ISBN13: 9780312220600
• ISBN10: 031222060X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-08-14
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions, especially in recent years. Rather than viewing the issue as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume acknowledges the mutualities without overlooking the tensions. It centers on issues such as the Rushdie affair, conflictive pluralism in South Asia and Islam's links with the Kashmir dispute, the Iranian revolution, civil war in Afghanistan, and western public diplomacy.

Author Biography

Iftikhar H. Malik is Lecturer in History at Bath Spa University College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii	(1)
List of Tables	ix	(1)
Glossary	x	(3)
List of Abbreviations	xiii	(3)
Preface	xvi
1 Islam and the Contemporary Discourse on Collective Identity	1	(19)
2 Islam and the West: Politics of Misperceptions and Misimages	20	(18)
3 South Asian Islam and Pakistan: Historiographical Debate	38	(34)
4 Britain, Muslim India and the Pakistanis: a Transcultural Relationship	72	(26)
5 Islam, Muslim Nationalism and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Issues of Identity	98	(25)
6 Understanding Civil Society in Pakistan: Imperatives and Constraints	123	(23)
7 Relations with India: Nationalism in Contestation	146	(28)
8 Kashmir and Pakistan: Politics of Nationalism, Regionalism and Islam	174	(26)
9 Pakistan and the Muslim World: National Security Imperatives and Islamic Trans-Territoriality	200	(20)
10 Ideals and National Interests: American Public Diplomacy in Pakistan	220	(30)
Epilogue	250	(13)
Notes	263	(74)
Bibliography	337	(10)
Index	347