Searching for Sociology in Pakistan
Sociology in Pakistan is hardly an established discipline in the western sense. Hamza Alavi, whose key works were published in the 1960s and 1970s, was our first and only internationally-recognized sociologist. Since Alavi, no serious sociological work has come out of, or been written about, Pakistan. There have been important contributions by historians, political scientists, and anthropologists, and a recent deluge of books on Islamic militancy and its...