Internalizing Dehumanization: An Althusserian Anatomization of Jamil Ahmed's the Wandering Falcon

This article aims to cross-examine the ideological manipulation of people living in tribal areas of Pakistan in the light of Jamil Ahmed's The Wandering Falcon. Baloch people are bereft of their basic human rights of even owning the place where they live. This naturally rich land full of mineral resources is feudalized and grabbed by their landlords and is sold to the international mafia via the state of their country. This looting and grabbing of land resources have been rationalized in media through the portrayal of a terrorized image of Baloch people living across the globe. Not only the state but other important social institutes such as education and religion are also playing their hegemonic role in internalizing a dehumanized identity in Baloch people where they do not even have the right to call their living place their place, where they cannot demand the proper education and health facilities from the state. The inconspicuous role of the institutes including education, media, and religion in fulfilling the state agenda is the impetus behind this article.

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This article examines the ideological manipulation of people living in tribal areas of Pakistan using Jamil Ahmed's novel The Wandering Falcon as a basis. The Baloch people are denied their basic human right to own the land they live on. This resource-rich land, filled with mineral resources, is feudalized and exploited by landlords who sell it to international criminal organizations through their country's state apparatus. The media portrays the Baloch people as a terrorized image to justify this looting and seizing of land resources. Not only the state, but also other social institutions such as education and religion, play a hegemonic role in instilling a dehumanized identity in the Baloch people, denying them the right to call their living place their own and to demand proper education and healthcare facilities from the state. The hidden agenda of these institutions, including education, media, and religion, serves as the driving force behind this article.