{"product_id":"circular-history-of-pakistan","title":"Circular History Of Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book s central thesis is that our cyclical\u003cbr\u003e\npolitical history is, in fact, like a short movie clip, set on a time-loop,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat creates a perpetual dejà vu for those in the theater. Every political\u003cbr\u003e\nscene has been enacted before and is being re-telecast repeatedly. We are stuck\u003cbr\u003e\nin circular time and history and have not found our Nirvanic moment to follow\u003cbr\u003e\nthe alternative trajectory of linear growth and development. The first part of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe book, Our Circular History , recounts our political journey of a recurring,\u003cbr\u003e\npredictable, painful, and vicious decade-long Samsara of cyclic birth and death\u003cbr\u003e\nof order and freedom. This bird s eye view shows how the same episodes keep\u003cbr\u003e\nhappening with mind-boggling regularity, and how each of our institutions is\u003cbr\u003e\nresponsible for our entrapment in circular time and history. The second part of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe book, Chronicles of our Times , narrates what is currently happening in our\u003cbr\u003e\npolity. Our circular political past primarily shapes contemporary events, but\u003cbr\u003e\nwe also mimic what is currently happening in other parts of the world, where\u003cbr\u003e\nnew weaponized and micro-targeted social media has facilitated the trend of\u003cbr\u003e\ncartoon-history and political jokers. The last part of the book, Future\u003cbr\u003e\nPanoramic Realities , uses a broad angle lens to view developments in the\u003cbr\u003e\nIndian subcontinent, in Eurasia, and in the wider world. We cannot escape our\u003cbr\u003e\nMalthusian dilemmas, without redefining our national priorities, our Hobbesian\u003cbr\u003e\nsnare. Without that shift away from geo-rentals and geo-politics, we may not be\u003cbr\u003e\nable to escape our entrapment in vicious cycles, or even downwards spiral. The\u003cbr\u003e\nkey to an endless growth cycle is investment in innovation, knowledge, people,\u003cbr\u003e\nand creativity. That is the only real virtuous cycle: without that, there can\u003cbr\u003e\nonly be one-off spurts of growth. Only by investing in geo-economics, people,\u003cbr\u003e\nknowledge banks, and critical technologies can we join the virtuous growth and\u003cbr\u003e\ndevelopment cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asim Imdad Ali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214273736764,"sku":"9789694026411","price":1496.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/Vanguard_20Books_20_Pvt_20Ltd1.jpg?v=1776722353","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/circular-history-of-pakistan","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}