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The Metacolonial State offers a novel rethinking of the relationship between Islam and the Political. It is the first major study that seeks to develop a critical ontology of political violence and the state of exception in Pakistan.

An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the 'Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistan--and our world--are...