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Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea by Faisal Devji

Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea Faisal Devji ebook
ISBN: 9780674072671
Format: pdf
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Page: 288

Aug 22, 2013 - 07 48 PM ISTWhat are the consequences of creating a nation on nothing but an idea? Feb 24, 2014 - Devji is director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Oxford. Apr 22, 2014 - Implicit in the demand was the idea that the Muslim federation would either be an autonomous part of an overall Indian union or would have treaty relations that would preserve Indian unity while resolving the demand of Muslim majority provinces for As a result Devji's contention that the Islamists, who had logically opposed the creation of Pakistan, constitute a more faithful expression of the national project of Muslim Zion, is both historically and politically untenable. May 8, 2014 - In Muslim Zion, Pakistan as a Political Idea, Faisal Devji proves that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Dec 3, 2013 - Muslim-Zion-243x366 In his most recent work, Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea, Faisal Devji offers a detailed analysis of the various political and ideological forces that were at play in the buildup to Pakistan's creation. Jul 15, 2013 - Muslim Zion Pakistan as a Political Idea (Faisal Devji, Hurst 2013, August 30,2013). Oct 9, 2013 - Teresita Schaffer reviews five books about South Asia: Muslim Zion, by Faisal Devji, traces the ideas behind Pakistan's national Islamic identity and situates them in the history of political thought. Is pivoted around a critical historical conjuncture where the domestic politics of the subcontinent got entangled with international events, namely the recurring quest towards the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, also waged on similar grounds – resting on an idea. Apr 7, 2013 - Devji's has also authored The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence and the forthcoming Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea. Antony's College, Oxford University. Modernity (2005), The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (2008), The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (2013). Jan 3, 2014 - Muslim Zion - Faisal Devji The Promise of Power - Maya Tudor The creation of Pakistan and India through the severing of the subcontinent was one of the most bloody incidents in 20th century history. He is the author, most recently, of Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). Sikander is LLF's Artist of the Year. Aug 19, 2013 - The Nation : For Zionism had long provided a model for Muslims who sought to carve a new state out of India. An idea bereft of territorial kinship, links to blood, soil and history. Faisal Devji is a Reader in History at St.