http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).39
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).39
Published : Jun 2020
The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden
This study aims to understand the clashes between American economic fundamentalists and Islamic religious fundamentalists in South Asia regarding Nadeem Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden (2013). The study explores that the economic entrepreneurs of the neo-imperialists give birth to counterproductive acts of religiosity. It shows how the ugliness of economic hunger is adroitly hidden behind the polished face of globalization, just as the priggish and snobbish religiosity of Muslim fundamentalists encloses their avarice for power and wealth. Using Tariq Ali's theory of Clashes of Fundamentalisms, the study proves that the root cause of civilizational clashes is the outcome of conflicts of interests between Western economic fundamentalists and Muslim religious fundamentalists. The study concludes the economic, political, cultural and strategic motives working behind the goals of establishing neo-imperialism through the elimination of borders for neo-liberalist gains in the wake of the war on terror.
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(1) Atta-ul-Mustafa
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities & Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Asaf Amir
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Sardar Ahmad Farooq
Lecturer, Department of English, Government Postgraduate College, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Atta-ul-Mustafa., Amir, M. A., & Farooq, S. A. (2020). The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden. Global Social Sciences Review, V(II), 409-414. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).39
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CHICAGO : Atta-ul-Mustafa, , Muhammad Asaf Amir, and Sardar Ahmad Farooq. 2020. "The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden." Global Social Sciences Review, V (II): 409-414 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).39
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HARVARD : ATTA-UL-MUSTAFA., AMIR, M. A. & FAROOQ, S. A. 2020. The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 409-414.
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MHRA : Atta-ul-Mustafa, , Muhammad Asaf Amir, and Sardar Ahmad Farooq. 2020. "The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 409-414
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MLA : Atta-ul-Mustafa, , Muhammad Asaf Amir, and Sardar Ahmad Farooq. "The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden." Global Social Sciences Review, V.II (2020): 409-414 Print.
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OXFORD : Atta-ul-Mustafa, , Amir, Muhammad Asaf, and Farooq, Sardar Ahmad (2020), "The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden", Global Social Sciences Review, V (II), 409-414
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TURABIAN : Atta-ul-Mustafa, , Muhammad Asaf Amir, and Sardar Ahmad Farooq. "The Clash of Economic and Religious Fundamentalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 409-414. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).39