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Book Synopsis''An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ''Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistanand our worldare built.''Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA
''In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off political Islam from the West, Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.''Joshua Barkan, Departmen
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‘An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ‘Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistan—and our world—are built.’
Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA
‘In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off “political Islam” from “the West,” Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.’
Joshua Barkan, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USA
Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction Islamapolis: The Crisis of Islam and the Political in Pakistan
1. Critical Ontology: The Biopolitical Apparatus
2. The Space of Emergency: The Military, Discipline and Political Theology
3. The Space of Law: ‘Ulama, Shari‘a, and the Technology of Blasphemy
4. The Space of War: Homo Islamicus, Body Politics and Jihad
5. The Space of Exception: Nationalism and Biopolitical Sovereignty
Conclusion: The Metacolonial and The Space of Thinking
Appendix A
Appendix B
Glossary
References
