Formations of the secular : Christianity, Islam, modernity / Talal Asad.
By: Asad, Talal.
Material type:
BookSeries: Cultural memory in the present: Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003Description: 269 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0804747687 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780804747684 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Secularism | Islam and politics | Christianity and politicsDDC classification: 291.1/7
Contents:
Introduction: Thinking about Secularism -- What Might an Anthropology of Secularism Look Like? -- Thinking about Agency and Pain -- Reflections on Cruelty and Torture -- Redeeming the "Human" Through Human Rights -- Muslims as a "Religious Minority" in Europe -- Secularism, Nation-State, Religion -- Reconfigurations of Law and Ethics in Colonial Egypt.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Fiction
|
BardBerlinLibrary | 291.17 Asa 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Browsing BardBerlinLibrary Shelves Close shelf browser
| 291.097 BLO 1992 The American religion : | 291.1 CAM 1968 The hero with a thousand faces | 291.13 1984 Sacred narrative, readings in the theory of myth / | 291.17 Asa 2003 Formations of the secular : | 291.17 Don 1999 Splitting the difference : | 291 1998 Readings in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / | 291.215 SER 1995 Angels : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Thinking about Secularism -- 1. What Might an Anthropology of Secularism Look Like? -- 2. Thinking about Agency and Pain -- 3. Reflections on Cruelty and Torture -- 4. Redeeming the "Human" Through Human Rights -- 5. Muslims as a "Religious Minority" in Europe -- 6. Secularism, Nation-State, Religion -- 7. Reconfigurations of Law and Ethics in Colonial Egypt.
There are no comments for this item.