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The Epistemic Contrivance of National Identity: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Elite Narrative Fabrication in Pakistan

Author(s) Mr. MONNAPPA KC
Country India
Abstract This article rigorously examines the complex etiology of elite narrative fabrication in Pakistan, a phenomenon characterized by a profound disjunction between official state discourse and verifiable national performance across critical indices of economy, human rights, internal security, and human development. Drawing upon a syncretic theoretical framework encompassing defensive realism, ontological security theory, securitization theory, sociological perspectives on propaganda, and cognitive psychology, this study explicates the mechanisms through which a dominant elite, particularly the military establishment, constructs and perpetuates a reified national identity. This analysis introduces the novel concept of "Epistemic Autarky of the Elite" to denote the deliberate creation and maintenance of an insulated knowledge ecosystem, wherein official narratives are perpetually reinforced, contradictory evidence is systematically suppressed or reframed, and public perception is meticulously engineered to ensure cognitive consonance and political compliance, thereby insulating elite power from accountability derived from objective reality. Through an empirical analysis of recent incidents and macro-level data, this exposition demonstrates how this fabricated reality serves to legitimize an unsustainable grand strategy, manage internal anxieties, and secure political compliance from a discursively conditioned populace. The study further proposes "Ontological Dissimulation" as a specific practice within this autarkic system, referring to the deliberate fabrication of a state's autobiographical narrative to maintain a coherent, albeit fictive, sense of self and mitigate anxieties.
Keywords Ontological Security, Securitization, Autarky of the Elite
Field Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-05-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.46516
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9mtsn
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