An edition of Genealogies of religion (1993)

Genealogies of religion

discipline and reasons of power in Christianity and Islam

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An edition of Genealogies of religion (1993)

Genealogies of religion

discipline and reasons of power in Christianity and Islam

by and

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"In Genealogies of Religion Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied by scholars, journalists, and politicians 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." Asad examines aspects of this authorizing process in the so-called fundamentalism of Saudi Arabia, in the Rushdie affair in Great Britain, and in other phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
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English
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335

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Christian Civilization Islamic Civilization Religion Christendom Civilisation islamique Antropologische aspecten Religion et civilisation 11.07 relations between religions Civilisation chrétienne Islam Rushdie, salman, 1947- Rushdie, salman Bl50 .a85 1993 306.6

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Cover of: Genealogies of religion
Genealogies of religion: discipline and reasons of power in Christianity and Islam
1993, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cover of: Genealogies of Religion
Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam
1993, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-323) and index.

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306.6
Library of Congress
BL50 .A85 1993, BL50.A85 1993

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335 p. ;
Number of pages
335

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OL1412865M
ISBN 10
0801846315, 0801846323
LCCN
93021831
OCLC/WorldCat
27727085
LibraryThing
1088332
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OL3928070W

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