Genealogies of Religion : Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam
by
Talal Asad
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0801846323
ISBN-13
9780801846328
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint
Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 1993
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
496 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.40 x 2.10 cms
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He argues that "religionis a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular forms of "history making."
In "Geneologies of Religion", Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The idea that religion has undergone a radical change since the Christian Reformation-from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benign-is a familiar part of the story of secularization. It is often invokved to explain and justify the liberal politics and world view of modernity. And it leads to the view that "politicized religions" threaten both reason and liberty. Asad's essays explore and question all these assumptions. He argues that "religion" is a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular forms of "history making".
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