Powers of the secular modern Talal Asad and his interlocutors / edited by David Scott and Charles Hirschkind.

Other author Scott, David, 1958-
Other author Hirschkind, Charles.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,
Descriptionx, 355 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesCultural memory in the present
Contents Introduction: The anthropological skepticism of Talal Asad / David Scott and Charles Hirschkind -- Secularization revisited : a reply to Talal Asad / José Casanova -- What is an "authorizing discourse"? / Steven C. Caton -- Fasting for Bin Laden : the politics of secularization in contemporary India / Partha Chatterjee -- Europe : a minor tradition / William E. Connolly -- Secularism and the argument from nature / Veena Das -- On general and divine economy : Talal Asad's genealogy of the secular and Emmanuel Levinas's critique of capitalism, colonialism, and money / Hent de Vries -- The tragic sensibility of Talal Asad / David Scott -- Redemption, secularization, and politics / George Shulman -- Subjects and agents in the history of imperialism and resistance / Jon E. Wilson -- Responses / Talal Asad.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-338) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005013565
ISBN0804752656 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804752664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804752664

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