ABSTRACT
As a nation which legitimized the necessity for its existence on the behest of ideological belief, Pakistan’s birth is different from that of an integrated “Imagined Community,” as theorized by Benedict Anderson, coming together through a common language and the rise of a homogenizing print capitalism.2 Since acquiring the status of a nation, its culture has been repeatedly mythologized.3 Today, this cultural quest manifests itself most obviously in the discursive struggle of defi ning a unique Pakistani identity. In this chapter, I wish to critically review the commentary of selected Pakistani intellectuals on the idea of Pakistani culture post-1947.
