Jihad, Hindutva and the Taliban
| Author: |
Iftikhar H. Malik |
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Description:
Tracing the historical origins of the ideology of Jihad since the classical Islamic era, the book deliberates the more recent typologies of resistance during colonial and contemporary times. The intricate relationship in Afghanistan between the erstwhile Mujahideen and Western powers during the Cold War and its break-up following 9/11 has been examined in detail. The salience of Hindutva in India and demands for a Sunni state in Pakistan, simultaneous with similar espousals in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, reveal unique regional congruities on ideological issues. Issues of contested statehood and national identity have assumed an added significance, which this book addresses within a changed regional and global political context. Other than ideology and pluralism, the book also investigates problems of governance.
| DesiStore # |
PBH01082 |
| Edition |
First |
| Year |
2005 |
| Pages |
298 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.55 |
| Shipping Weight (lbs) |
1.21 |
| HB/PB |
Hard Back |
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Review:
Iftikhar H. Malik, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is associated with Wolfson College, Oxford. He teaches international history at Bath Spa University College and was the Quaid-i-Azam Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, during 1989-94.
The author has held postdoctoral appointments at Columbia University, Michigan State University and the University of California, Berkeley. He has offered seminars at universities in Oxford, Cambridge, Brussels, Heidelberg, Delhi, London, and Toronto and has lectured in Beijing, Colombo, Tehran and Sarajevo. He has offered papers on South Asia and Muslim politics at
Chatham House, Royal College of Defence Studies, Aspen Institute, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office..
His academic contributions include Islam and Modernity (Pluto, 2004); Islam) Nationalism and the
West (Oxford, 1999), and State and Civil Society in Pakistan (Oxford, 1997. He has also authored Religious Minorities in Pakistan (2002) for Minority Rights Group.
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