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

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 17, 2013 - In August, Harvard University Press will publish Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea by Faisal Devji (Univ. 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). Militant Islam and Global Politics (Hurst, 2009), The Impossible India: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (Harvard University Press, 2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). May 25, 2014 - But the thesis is actually well thought out and merits an honest response. Sikander is LLF's Artist of the Year. Dec 19, 2013 - Faisal Devji's latest book 'Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a political idea' offers a fresh perspective to the Pakistan movement by linking it to the creation of Israel. Faisal Devji is a Reader in History at St. 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. Feb 24, 2014 - Devji is director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Oxford. Antony's College, Oxford University. He is the author, most recently, of Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). 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. 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. Jul 15, 2013 - Muslim Zion Pakistan as a Political Idea (Faisal Devji, Hurst 2013, August 30,2013). The publisher's description follows.