Pakistan

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.

Autorentext

Pervez Hoodbhoy taught physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad (19732021) 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.

Inhalt

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 PoetPreacherPolitician

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