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Conspiracy and statecraft in postcolonial states: theories and realities of the hidden hand in Pakistan's war on terror

Akhtar, Aasim Sajjad ; Ahmad, Ali Nobil

Third world quarterly, 2015-01, Vol.36 (1), p.94-110 [Periódico revisado por pares]

London: Routledge

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  • Título:
    Conspiracy and statecraft in postcolonial states: theories and realities of the hidden hand in Pakistan's war on terror
  • Autor: Akhtar, Aasim Sajjad ; Ahmad, Ali Nobil
  • Assuntos: Capitalism ; Conspiracy ; conspiracy theory ; Decolonization ; Economic forces ; Functionalism ; Indigenous Populations ; Interests ; International Relations ; Liberalism ; Marxism ; Pakistan ; Political theory ; Postcolonial societies ; postcolonial state ; Realism ; Statehood ; Terrorism ; Trust ; War ; War on terror ; Warfare
  • É parte de: Third world quarterly, 2015-01, Vol.36 (1), p.94-110
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  • Descrição: This paper is a cautiously sympathetic treatment of conspiracy theory in Pakistan, relating it to Marxist theories of the state, structural functionalism and Machiavellian realism in international relations. Unlike moralising mainstream news reports describing terrorism in terms of horrific events and academic research endlessly lamenting the 'failure', 'weakness' and mendacity of the Pakistani state, conspiracy theory has much in common with realism in its cynical disregard for stated intentions and insistence on the primacy of inter-state rivalry. It contains a theory of the postcolonial state as part of a wider international system based on class-conspiracy, wedding imperial interests to those of an indigenous elite, with little concern for preserving liberal norms of statehood. Hence we consider some forms of conspiracy theory a layperson's theory of the capitalist state, which seeks to explain history with reference to global and domestic material forces, interests and structures shaping outcomes, irrespective of political actors' stated intentions. While this approach may be problematic in its disregard for intentionality and ideology, its suspicion of the notion that the 'War on Terror' should be read morally as a battle between states and 'non-state actors' is understandable - especially when technological and political-economic changes have made the importance of impersonal economic forces driving towards permanent war more relevant than ever.
  • Editor: London: Routledge
  • Idioma: Inglês
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