|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
The conflict between India and Pakistan is not primarily fueled by hatred, religion, or pride, but rather stems from issues of identity. ... Typically the scope of an Indian’s world-view lay entirely within family, community, caste, duty, and religion where the idea of a Nation was too vast and too distant a concept to impact daily life. Both Hindus and Muslims were Indian by shared history and geographic default before the partition in 1947. It was through the creation of Pakistan that an Indian identity became defined and its creation subsequently became the catalyst for conflict. This paper will provide an application and analysis of the Political Identity Theory as the manufactured basis for the Pakistani and Indian conflict, and further demonstrate the irreparable damage that a separate India and Pakistan created.
The Political Identity Theory posits that a nations identity is latent until an outside force presents itself. ... A nation consists of the many facets that a person would include in their identity. ...
The identity theory in its application to the India and Pakistani case study consists of three simple premises. ... The resulting consequence of analyzing each respective national identity, gives cause to a perpetual crisis rooted in human nature. ... India and Pakistan have been entered in to a conflict closer to the one between Israel and the Arab nations of the Middle East. As the belief in an enemy become self-serving as it defines the notions of a person’s identity, they become hard to dispel and propagate from one generation to the next until there is very little factual disagreement involved. ... Despite the religion of Islam clearly defining those outside the religion as infidels, there was still a relative peace and no concern over Muslims in India being Indian. ... The conflicts between these different groups before partition were all Indian problems, as much as race relations in the United States are American.
Pakistan, through the efforts of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League, advocated a need for separate protection in the due to be created secular India. Despite the insistence of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress, and Mahatma Gandhi for a unified and equally representative India, Jinnah pressed for the creation of Pakistan in the areas of a Muslim majority. The idea was that Pakistan was to protect the Muslims ability to practice Islam, and to avoid a perceived second-class citizenship in the newly independent India. ... The result following partition was a unified Pakistan through use of Islam as a gel.
Approximate Word count = 2071
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|