{"product_id":"formations-of-the-secular-talal-asad-9780804747684","title":"Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpening with the provocative query \"what might an anthropology of the secular look like?\" this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the \"strangeness of the non-European world\" and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion), the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Talal Asad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804747687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804747684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Talal Asad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045034520831,"sku":"9780804747684","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c86ab8e2-c807-4a53-808f-c17ee0b1d35d.jpg?v=1684976345","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/formations-of-the-secular-talal-asad-9780804747684","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}