Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity

by Talal Asad

Book Overview

Opening with the provocative query "what might an anthropology of the secular look like?" this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East.

Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804747687
• ISBN13: 9780804747684
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"