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Genealogies of Religion - Talal Asad

By Talal Asad

Release Date: 1993-08-18

Genre: Islam

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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 Reformationā€”from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benignā€”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 authorizesā€”for Westerners and non-Westerners alikeā€”particular forms of "history making."

Genealogies of Religion - Talal Asad

By Talal Asad

Release Date: 1993-08-18

Genre: Islam

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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 Reformationā€”from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benignā€”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 authorizesā€”for Westerners and non-Westerners alikeā€”particular forms of "history making."

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