PS-506 NATIONAL CHARACTER OF PAKISTAN
PS-506 NATIONAL CHARACTER OF PAKISTAN
The course is designed to deal with certain pattern behaviour among the people and what ought to be the National Character of Pakistan. Emphasis is on certain deep rooted traditions and values held by Pakistanis and their impact on the National Character building.
COURSE OUTLINE:
I. National Characteristics of Pakistan.
II. Duality in character due to duality of traditions:
1. Tradition of Ideal Character - based on Islamic concepts of life, man and universe and the moral values.
2. Tradition of Factual Character - Influenced by the Western liberal trends in the context of British imperialist changes in education, law, politics and economy after their arrival in the sub-continent.
3. Efforts for the elimination of duality
i. Pre-Independence days.
ii. Post-Independence days.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Amin Ahsan Islahi, 'Good and Evil I', Renaissance, February, 1993.
2. Amin Ahsan Islahi, 'Good and Evil II', Renaissance, March, 1994.
3. Dean Peabody, National characteristics, the University of Cambridge, 1985.
4. K. Aziz, The British in India: A Study in Imperialism, Islamabad: National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research, 1975, pp. 21-22, 26-27, 38-41, 301-315.
5. M. Sharif, National Integration and other Essays, Lahore: Institute of Islamic Culture, 1965.
6. Mah Naz Riaz, "Perception of national Character by Pakistani Youth", in role of Psychological in the 3rd conference of department of Psychology, University of Peshawar, 1992, pp. 4-10.
7. M. Rahman, National Character of Pakistan in Proceedings of Psychological Association's 5th Annual Conference, 1983, pp. 54-66.
8. The Problem of National Character, Lahore: Pakistan, Philosophical Congress, 1963.
Problems of generalization, prediction and application.
