بازنگری در پاکستان: نگاهی از قرن بیست و یکم

This book brings together the leading contemporary currents of thought from a galaxy of established scholars and intellectuals of Pakistan. It is a monumental contribution to the national debate on a series of crises and lingering issues that need attention of the stakeholders all around. The book covers three major areas of investigation into public life in the country. One, it delves into the historical, sociological and cultural causes of various political conflicts, ranging from the negative role of the educational curricula for national harmony to cultural violence and persistent militarism to the curse of enforced disappearances. There are highly analytical contributions that define the conflict-resolution nexus. Two, the book is a source of inspiration on the liberal agenda of creating a scientific frame of mind, setting the feminist debate in a global context, challenging the shrinking space for media and focussing on the largely forgotten area of industrial relations. Readers will find ample issue orientation in the analysis and policy orientation in the deliberations. Three, the book enters a domain of hope, planning for a bright future and focussing on some longer-term issues couched in comprehensive new approaches to development, environment, energy, foreign policy and feminism. The scope of the book is amazingly wide, the analysis is rich with conceptual references and empirical finding, and the scholarly idiom is comprehensible for both the articulate section of the population and the scholarly community. | Rethinking Pakistan is a wide-ranging analytical dissection of the Pakistani polity and offers a well-meaning, progressive prescription for present-day Pakistan, stitched together by an eclectic list of experts spanning diverse backgrounds and subjects. From energy self-sufficiency and scientific development to freedom of the press and the essential question of the dominance of the military over civilian affairs, this compendium offers a suitable guide for anyone who seeks to understand the striking mix of contemporary and historic challenges faced by Pakistan in the twenty-first century. The book deals with Pakistan's contemporary realities and future prospects. Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Pakistan: Towards New Beginnings • Bilal Zahoor Part I: Identity, Religion and Radicalisation 1 Refuting the Radicals • Tariq Rahman 2 Unpacking the Myth of Barelvi Eclecticism: A Historical Appraisal • Tahir Kamran 3 The Conflicted Self: The Existential Battle between being Muslim and Islamic in Pakistan • Nadeem Farooq Paracha 4 Can Pakistan Have a De- radicalised Future? • Raheem ul Haque 5 From Figures of Speech to Fists of Fury: Unchecked Incitements to Violence • Muhammad Abrahim Zaka and Fasi Zaka 6 Curriculum and the Constitution • Rubina Saigol Part II: Development, Reform and Governance 7 Labour Policies and Industrial Relations in Pakistan: A Critical Evaluation • Charles Amjad-Ali and Karamat Ali 8 Land Reforms: Key to Social Justice and Progress • I. A. Rehman 9 Pakistan: Charting a New Course to Development • Akmal Hussain 10 Pakistan’s Fundamental Water Governance Challenges – And How to Overcome Them • Erum Sattar 11 Is There a Silver Bullet to Pakistan’s Energy Crises? • Naveed Arshad and Fiaz Chaudhry 12 Pakistan’s Climate Agenda • Tariq Banuri 13 Bringing Science to Life in Pakistan • Pervez Hoodbhoy Part III: Rights, Repression and Resistance 14 Rescuing the White in the Flag • Zohra Yusuf 15 Crisis of Impunity: Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan • Reema Omer 16 Of Kings, Queens and Pawns: Civil-Military Relationsin Pakistan • Ayesha Siddiqa 17 Future of Media Freedom • Umar Cheema 18 Understanding the Balochistan Conundrum • Rafiullah Kakar Part IV: Sex, Gender and Emancipation 19 Sex and Secularism as Resistance Politics • Afiya Shehrbano Zia 20 In Search of a Pakistani Feminist Discourse • Bina Shah Part V: Conflict, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy 21 Peace Must Win • Raza Rumi 22 Foreign Policy Begins (and Ends) at Home • Muhammad Ismail Khan Contributors Bibliography Index

This book brings together the leading contemporary currents of thought from a galaxy of established scholars and intellectuals of Pakistan. It is a monumental contribution to the national debate on a series of crises and lingering issues that need attention of the stakeholders all around.

The book covers three major areas of investigation into public life in the country. One, it delves into the historical, sociological and cultural causes of various political conflicts, ranging from the negative role of the educational curricula for national harmony to cultural violence and persistent militarism to the curse of enforced disappearances. There are highly analytical contributions that define the conflict-resolution nexus. Two, the book is a source of inspiration on the liberal agenda of creating a scientific frame of mind, setting the feminist debate in a global context, challenging the shrinking space for media and focussing on the largely forgotten area of industrial relations. Readers will find ample issue orientation in the analysis and policy orientation in the deliberations. Three, the book enters a domain of hope, planning for a bright future and focussing on some longer-term issues couched in comprehensive new approaches to development, environment, energy, foreign policy and feminism.

The scope of the book is amazingly wide, the analysis is rich with conceptual references and empirical finding, and the scholarly idiom is comprehensible for both the articulate section of the population and the scholarly community.

Rethinking Pakistan brings together some of the best minds of the country and invites them to reflect upon the most pressing issues that it is facing in all spheres, including politics, external relations, environment, human rights, gender relations, religious fundamentalism, education, and freedom of expression. This edited collection is highly accessible to everyone "Muhammad Hasan Askari, Urdu's leading literary critic, wrote in an article in 1946 that "[Pakistan] would be the first populist and socialist state in the Indian subcontinent. As such, it would serve the interests not just of the Muslims but also of the Hindu masses, since it would assist in uprooting capitalism"-- Provided by publisher