Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Religious Politics & Violence in Pakistan, Conf. on South Asia, Madison, Oct. 2011

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Religious Politics & Violence in Pakistan, Conf. on
South Asia, Madison, Oct. 2011

> H-ASIA
> March 7, 2011
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> Call for panelists: Religious Politics and Violence in Pakistan, at Annual
> Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, October 2011
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> (forwarded by South Asia Conference)
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> Religious Politics and Violence in Pakistan
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> The purpose of this panel is to explore the complexities of the debate
> over
> the violence (terrorism) and religious politics interface in Pakistan
> since
> independence in 1947. Following the partition of the subcontinent, the
> competing social narratives have emerged about how to make the Pakistani
> state as active agent of social change; that is, should Pakistan be
> organizing along the primordial value or the modern community recognized
> by
> the index of human development. Given the encompassing nature of the
> topic,
> papers can be thematized along the following lines: colonial and post
> colonial political formations, religion and separatism, religious
> politics,
> political terrorism and state security, the state and religion, religious
> consciousness and civil society, communalism and political elites.
>
> Queries and Abstracts sent to: Aminur Rahim ARahim@ufh.ac.za.
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