Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam
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- Synopsis
- 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 invoked 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.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 341 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780801846328
- Publisher:
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/19/21
- Copyrighted By:
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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