Language, Ideology and Power: Language Learning Among the Muslims of Pakistan and North India

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This is the first book-length study of the history of language teaching and learning among South Asian Muslims. It traces the history of language-teaching among the Muslims of north India and present-day Pakistan, and then relates language-learning (the demand) and teaching (the supply) to ideology (or world view) and power. It makes the point that the Muslims in this part of the world, like other people elsewhere, learned languages to empower themselves by acquiring marketable linguistic skills at all periods of history. It also argues that those who determine what languages, and what textbooks, are to be taught, would like to, and are in a position to promote the ideology which, in their opinion, promotes or consolidates their own power, or maintains the status quo. In short, the teaching and learning of languages is linked to the distribution of power which, in turn, is connected to employment, promotion of certain ideologies, shaping of identities, and national interest.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tariq Rahman

Tariq Rahman, PhD, is an acclaimed Pakistani scholar specialising in linguistics. He is currently Professor of Linguistics and South Asian Studies at the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, and was Professor at the University of Sana’a, Yemen, and Fulbright research scholar at the University of Texas, USA. Among his many published books, 'A History of Pakistani Literature in English' (Vanguard Books, 1991) remains a landmar.

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Title
Language, Ideology and Power: Language Learning Among the Muslims of Pakistan and North India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8125034636
Length
660p.,
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#Pakistan