Mediocre Demons: Marginalized but Implicated Subject Changez in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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2025
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Abstract
The objective of this research is to prove, that Changez in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) by Mohsin Hamid is an implicated subject. The idea of implicated subject was introduced by Michael Rothberg (2019), according to him implicated subjects hold such positions in which they can be found associated with and getting benefits from structure of power and at the same time they consciously or unconsciously ignore the violence perpetuated by that powerful structure. The research is conducted after textual analysis, that is, the approach is Qualitative. The research concludes that Changez was caught in complex implication as he was marginalized by one way, but he can still be an implicated subject in another way. The present research recommends that the trauma narratives need to widen its scope by not only reflecting upon perpetrators and victims but also bringing in attention the role of implicated subjects in the perpetuation of trauma.
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Authors Zainab Batool
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Journal Pakistan Social Sciences Review
Year 2025
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10.35484/pssr.2025(9-I)01
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https://ojs.pssr.org.pk/journal/article/view/880
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