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CULPRITS IN THE MIND IBD

IMRAN KHALID USMAN
12 / 2025
9781970749014
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'Why PakistanâÇÖs mind-not just its institutions-must change for democracy and the state to survive?'Culprits in the Mind: Perspectives on Pakistan is a lucid, unsparing diagnosis of PakistanâÇÖs political and social pathology - and a humane blueprint for repair. Imran Khalid Usman traces the countryâÇÖs dilemmas to deep psychological, historical and institutional causes: the legacy of Muslim separatism and the 'conquistador-minority' mindset born of centuries of conquest (see part 1,áMuslim Nationalism). He maps how Islamic dogmatic fundamentalism hollowed out intellectual freedom (The Problem with Islamic âÇÖDogmaticâÇÖ Fundamentalism) and how migrant/urban middle class solipsism, bureaucracy and the military shaped a dominant anti-democratic zeitgeist (part 2, Pakistani Zeitgeist). Usman moves beyond accusation to prescription: decentralised federalism, strengthening rule of law, rural development and a modern economic strategy that ties resource gains to provincial welfare - remedies aimed at restoring pluralism, tolerance and a democratic Pakistan (seeáStatecraft, Upper Classes, Rule of Law and Corruption,áPakistani Effervescence, Epilogue). Written with historical sweep, intellectual rigor and moral urgency, this book will interest readers of South Asian history, political theory and anyone seeking to understand why states and societies fracture and how they might be mended. Clear, readable and fiercely honest,áCulprits in the Mindáreframes PakistanâÇÖs troubles as solvable problems - if the country can shed the myths, prejudices and anxieties that still govern its public life.

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