Formations of the secular: Christianity, Islam, modernity

What might an anthropology of secularism look like? -- Thinking about agency and pain -- Reflections on cruelty and torture -- Redeeming the "human" through human rights -- Muslims as a "religious minority" in Europe -- Secularism, nation state, religion -- Reconfigurations of la...

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Main Author: Asad, Talal 1933- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 2003
In:Year: 2003
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Edition:Orig. print.
Series/Journal:Cultural memory in the present
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Christianity / Human rights / Secularism
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Christianity and politics
B Religion
B Politics
B Islam and politics
B Secularism
B Bibliography
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Summary:What might an anthropology of secularism look like? -- Thinking about agency and pain -- Reflections on cruelty and torture -- Redeeming the "human" through human rights -- Muslims as a "religious minority" in Europe -- Secularism, nation state, religion -- Reconfigurations of law and ethics in colonial Egypt
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ISBN:0804747687