Formations of the secular : Christianity, Islam, modernity
by
 
Asad, Talal.

Title
Formations of the secular : Christianity, Islam, modernity

Author
Asad, Talal.

ISBN
9780804747677
 
9780804747684

Personal Author
Asad, Talal.

Publication Information
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Physical Description
269 p. ; 24 cm.

Series
Cultural memory in the present

Series Title
Cultural memory in the present

Contents
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.

Subject Term
Secularism.
 
Islam and politics.
 
Christianity and politics.


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