{"product_id":"secular-bodies-affects-and-emotions-monique-scheer-9781350176614","title":"Secular Bodies, Affects and Emotions: European Configurations","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking its cue from the study of 'lived religion', \u003ci\u003eSecular Bodies, Affects and Emotions\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the idea of a secular public is equally marked by a display and cultivation of affect and emotions. Whereas it is widely agreed that religion is often saturated by emotion, the secular is usually treated as a neutral background serving as the domain of public, rational deliberation. This book demonstrates that secularity and secularism are also upheld by bodily practices and emotional attachments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on empirical case studies, this is the first book to ask and explore whether a secular body exists. Building on the work of Talal Asad, the book argues that the secular is not an absence of religion, but a positive entity that comes about through its co-constitutive relationship with religion. And, once we attune ourselves to recognizing its operations as grammar which structures social practice, writing an anthropology of the secular could become a new possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monique Scheer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350176613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350176614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d","brand":"Monique Scheer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436340228351,"sku":"9781350176614","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_325f5a04-daf7-4b73-9588-e63f11ef710b.jpg?v=1777156393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secular-bodies-affects-and-emotions-monique-scheer-9781350176614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}