Chak Islam and Pakistan's Political Culture

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-65793-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 196 Seiten

Reihe: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

This book explores the ideological rivalry which is fuelling political instability in Muslim polities, discussing this in relation to Pakistan. It argues that the principal dilemma for Muslim polities is how to reconcile modernity and tradition. It discusses existing scholarship on the subject, outlines how Muslim political thought and political culture have developed over time, and then relates all this to Pakistan’s political evolution, present political culture, and growing instability. The book concludes that traditionalist and secularist approaches to reconciling modernity and tradition have not succeeded, and have in fact led to instability, and that a revivalist approach is more likely to be successful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chak, Farhan Mujahid

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Deconstructing Political Culture Part 1: Foundational Sphere of Inquiry 3. The Theory of Knowledge and Qur'anic Epistemology 4. Political Values: Qur'an, Prophetic Sayings and Rashidun Era 5. Islamic Civic Culture Part 2: Contextual and Individual Spheres of Inquiry 6. The Pakistan Movement and Competing Ideologies 7. Constitutional Development in Pakistan 8. Civil-Miliary Relations in Pakistan 9. Conclusion: Real to Ideal

Über Autor(innen)

Farhan Mujahid Chak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar