Q. WHAT IS POWER?

(a) Only COERCIVE?

(b) LINKED TO GRATIFICATION?

(c) All Permeating?

(d) Systemic?

LANGUAGE, POWER

AND VIOLENCE

By

Dr TARIQ RAHMAN

POWER AND LANGUAGE

1. Creation of knowledge

(empowering species, races, groups etc)

2. Creation of MYTHS

(sustaining unjust system).

3. Creation of normative systems

(sustaining hierarchies---e.g. titles, forms of address etc).

4. Special languages

(Varieties, Sociolect, Women’s Language etc).

Language and Education

1. ELITE CLOSURE

2. ELITIST Schooling based on English.

3. The State’s official language policy versus real practice.

Islamic Text in the Indigenous Languages of Pakistan

By

Dr Tariq Rahman

The 18th Century Movement in Literacy

1. Sindhi

2. Pashto

3. Punjabi

4. Brahvi

5. Balochi

Themes of the Chapbooks

1. Pre-Modern World view

2. Folk religion (Nor Names etc)

3. Rituals and Rules (Shariah guidebooks)

4. Mystical Tales (Romances)

5. Magic / erotica etc.

PUBLIC LITERACY

1. ORALITY and it’s Characteristics.

2. Islam and the Oral Tradition.

3. The Transition to Literacy.