Embodiment, Meaning and the Anthropology of Religion
Since the events of September 11, 2001, the role of religion in modernpolitical life, and its implication with “terrorism”, has come under scrutiny.In particular, this discussion has relied on a distinction between Islam anda secular modern West. This article revisits an important debate betweentwo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 21, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | Since the events of September 11, 2001, the role of religion in modernpolitical life, and its implication with “terrorism”, has come under scrutiny.In particular, this discussion has relied on a distinction between Islam anda secular modern West. This article revisits an important debate betweentwo eminent anthropologists of religion, Clifford Geertz and Talal Asad, inorder to clarify the conceptual and political stakes involved in thecontemporary conceptions of secularism as a distinct form which definesthe modern political community. It questions the self-evident nature of thisdistinction by considering the historical genealogy of religion as a discretedomain of social life. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/jsr.v21i1.47775 |