Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives

How to make sense of the politics and history of Kashmir since decolonization? Two new important books deal with this question and provide a detailed account of what is/was happening in Kashmir—one of the most densely militarized regions in the world with a long history of a self-determination move...

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Main Author: Iymon Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2024-12-01
Series:American Journal of Islam and Society
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Online Access:https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/3355
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description How to make sense of the politics and history of Kashmir since decolonization? Two new important books deal with this question and provide a detailed account of what is/was happening in Kashmir—one of the most densely militarized regions in the world with a long history of a self-determination movement. For many years now, and these two books are part of that conversation, scholars have centered Kashmir in their analysis instead of fixating on the dispute between India and Pakistan or the internationalisation of the conflict. This change has brought new perspectives and conceptual categories to study the region. This is a much-needed corrective especially considering that scholarly work on Kashmir has relied on the ‘nation-state’ framework for too long.
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Decolonization
Islam
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title Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives
title_full Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives
title_fullStr Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives
title_short Integrating Kashmir: Modernity, Development and Sedimented Narratives
title_sort integrating kashmir modernity development and sedimented narratives
topic Colonizing Kashmir
Decolonization
Islam
Kashmir
Modernity
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