Genealogies of Religion

Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam

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Talal Asad

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Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. He writes that "religion" is a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular forms of "history making".

Author Biography:

Talal Asad is a professor of anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University.

Release date Australia

October 13th, 1993

Author

Talal Asad

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

344

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780801846328

Product ID

2400650

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