Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity, 1857-1947 9780195478112, 0195478118

Constructing Pakistan addresses the previously neglected aspect of postcolonial and historical engagement with the creat

568 61 2MB

English Pages 156 [187] Year 2011

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity, 1857-1947
 9780195478112, 0195478118

Table of contents :
1. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Mirza Ghalib's Narrative of Survival
2. Post-Rebellion India and the Rise of Muslim Exceptionalism
3. The Muslim Literary Renaissance: Muhammad Hussain Azad and Altaf Hussain Hali
4. The Early Urdu Novel and Muslim Exceptionalism
5. The Critique of Loyalism and the Neo-Traditionalists: Shibli Naumani and Akbar Allahabadi
6. Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Challenging the Master's Narrative
7. The Politics of Muslim Nationhood: Iqbal and Mawdudi

Polecaj historie