Understanding Post-9/11 Afghanistan
Author | : Deepshikha Shahi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-02-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 1910814253 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781910814253 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 9/11 and the subsequent war on terror have misleadingly reinforced the idea of a world politics based on a 'civilizational' clash. While post-9/11 Afghan society appears to be troubled with a conflict between so-called Islamic-terrorist and secular-democratic forces, the need for an alternative understanding to pave the way for peace has become paramount. This book uses a critical theoretical perspective to highlight the hidden political and economic factors underlying the so-called civilizational conflict in post-9/11 Afghanistan. It further demonstrates how a post-Islamic humanist discourse has the potential to not only carve the way for peace amidst dangerous entanglement between politics and religion in post-9/11 Afghanistan, but also vindicate Islam of its unjustified denigration in the contemporary world.