Genealogies of Religion Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam

Name: Genealogies of Religion Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam
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ISBN: 9780801846328

ISBN-10: 0801846323

ISBN-13: 9780801846328

Edition: 1993

Authors: Talal Asad

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"This eloquent, lucid, and complex work is the product of remarkable intelligence and erudition; it is a profound contribution to the understanding of the cultural hegemony of the West."--Ralph M. Coury, Religious Studies Review. "All articles are extremely well written, exhibit impressive scholarship, and are thoughtful and are thoughtful and stimulating. Asad's criticisms are neither judgmental nor self-righteous but are generally driven by the will to understand."--James R. Wood, Contemporary Sociology.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/18/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Talal Asad is a professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the author of Formations of the Secularand Genealogies of Religion.



Introduction


Genealogies



The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category



Toward a Genealogy of the Concept of Ritual


Archaisms



Pain and Truth in Medieval Christian Ritual



On Discipline and Humility in Medieval Christian Monasticism


Translations



The Concept of Cultural Translation in British Social Anthropology



The Limits of Religious Criticism in the Middle East: Notes on Islamic Public Argument


Polemics



Multiculturalism and British Identity in the Wake of the Rushdie Affair



Ethnography, Literature, and Politics: Some Readings and Uses of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses


References


Acknowledgments


Index