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 Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, |
| Description | x, 355 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cultural 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-338) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005013565 |
| ISBN | 0804752656 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804752664 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804752664 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |