Leftists dismissed Islamic revival as superficial based on electoral results that later reversed

Evidence

We in the Pakistani left frequently dismissed this upsurge of religiosity as superfi ial, on the grounds that it did not translate into success at the polls for Pakistani Islamic political parties. (A coalition of Islamic po.. litical parties did, however, win a signifi majority in the National Assembly for the fi time in Pakistani history in 2002 ). — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 20

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how using the wrong metric (electoral success) can blind analysis to deep social movements — a methodology warning applicable well beyond Pakistan.
• XREF: connects to: Islamism rose as the left’s demise left Muslim rage with no other outlet — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1439