Constructing Pakistan Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity, 1857-1947  -  Masood A. Raja

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Constructing Pakistan addresses the previously neglected aspect of postcolonial and historical engagement with the creation and construction of Indian Muslim national identity before the partition of India in 1947. Masood Ashraf Raja's main assertion, challenging the conventional and postcolonial appraisals of the Indian national history, is that the Indian Muslim particular identity and Muslim exceptionalism preceded the rise of Congress or Gandhian nationalism. Using major theories of nationalism-includin...
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Uitgever: Oxford University Press 156 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0195478118 ISBN-13: 9780195478112