圖書標籤: 政治 巴基斯坦
发表于2024-12-23
Playing with Fire pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist Pamela Constable peels back layers of contradiction and confusion to reveal the true face of modern Pakistan.
In this richly reported and movingly written chronicle, Constable takes us on a panoramic tour of contemporary Pakistan, exploring the fears and frustrations, dreams and beliefs, that animate the lives of ordinary citizens in this nuclear-armed nation of 170 million. From the opulent, insular salons of the elite to the brick quarries where soot-covered workers sell their kidneys to get out of debt, this is a haunting portrait of a society riven by inequality and corruption, and increasingly divided by competing versions of Islam.
Beneath the façade of democracy in Pakistan, Constable reveals the formidable hold of its business, bureaucratic, and military elites—including the country’s powerful spy agency, the ISI. This is a society where the majority of the population feels powerless, and radical Islamist groups stoke popular resentment to recruit shock troops for global jihad. Writing with an uncommon ear for the nuances of this conflicted culture, Constable explores the extent to which faith permeates every level of Pakistani society—and the ambivalence many Muslims feel about the role it should play in the life of the nation.
Both an empathic and alarming look inside one of the world’s most violent and vexing countries, Playing with Fire is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Pakistan and its momentous role on today’s global stage.
She said Pakistan is not a failed state at the very beginning, however, she keeps talking about how unstable the society is. I am so confused-.- BTW she only focused on the social conflicts and issues in Pakistan, sounds like she has huge bias on Pakistan
評分這本書隻有一個評論 我和那位友鄰的觀點是一樣的。這本書的優點是有很多具體事例 可一讀就能感覺齣來這是一本西方白人寫的書。作者看起來對於巴基斯坦人民歌頌核武器持很批判的態度 但說實話 雖然我反核 但巴基斯坦要是沒有核武器 可能早就被彆人欺負的不行瞭。。。總體來說就是書很一般 但我教授講的很不錯。
評分She said Pakistan is not a failed state at the very beginning, however, she keeps talking about how unstable the society is. I am so confused-.- BTW she only focused on the social conflicts and issues in Pakistan, sounds like she has huge bias on Pakistan
評分She said Pakistan is not a failed state at the very beginning, however, she keeps talking about how unstable the society is. I am so confused-.- BTW she only focused on the social conflicts and issues in Pakistan, sounds like she has huge bias on Pakistan
評分She said Pakistan is not a failed state at the very beginning, however, she keeps talking about how unstable the society is. I am so confused-.- BTW she only focused on the social conflicts and issues in Pakistan, sounds like she has huge bias on Pakistan
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Playing with Fire pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024