Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation

by Arvind Mandair and Arvind-Pal S. Mandair

Book Overview

Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction, postsecular theory, and political theology, have different implications for cultures and societies that live with the debilitating effects of past imperialisms, Arvind Mandair unsettles the politics of knowledge construction in which the category of "religion" continues to be central. Through a case study of Sikhism, he launches an extended critique of religion as a cultural universal. At...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231147244
• ISBN13: 9780231147248
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher