%0 Journal Article
%T Stephen Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan
%A Mariam Mufti
%J South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
%D 2009
%I Centre d¡¯Etudes de l¡¯Inde et de l¡¯Asie du Sud
%X The central question that Stephen Cohen grapples with in his book, The Idea of Pakistan, is what is Pakistan? Is it a ¡®rogue state¡¯, ¡®a delinquent nation¡¯, ¡®Taliban East¡¯ a ¡®failing state¡¯ or just ¡®misunderstood but an effective US ally¡¯ (p. 2)? To probe beyond these descriptions of Pakistan, Cohen has two purposes in mind. First, he wants to demonstrate why Indian Muslims felt the need for a separate homeland to pursue their ¡®civilizational destiny¡¯. Second, he wants to narrate how the state...
%U http://samaj.revues.org/214