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Formations of the Secular

- Christianity, Islam, Modernity
Af: Talal Asad Engelsk Paperback

Formations of the Secular

- Christianity, Islam, Modernity
Af: Talal Asad Engelsk Paperback
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Opening with the provocative query “what might an anthropology of the secular look like?” this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East.

Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the “strangeness of the non-European world” and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion),the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined.

The conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity.

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Opening with the provocative query “what might an anthropology of the secular look like?” this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East.

Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the “strangeness of the non-European world” and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion),the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined.

The conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 280
ISBN-13: 9780804747684
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0804747687
Kategori: Humanistisk filosofi
Udg. Dato: 3 feb 2003
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 153mm
Højde: 227mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 3 feb 2003
Forfatter(e): Talal Asad
Forfatter(e) Talal Asad

Kategori Humanistisk filosofi

ISBN-13 9780804747684

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 280

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 153mm

Højde 227mm

Udg. Dato 3 feb 2003

Oplagsdato 3 feb 2003

Forlag Stanford University Press