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Genealogies of Religion : Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam /
"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 totalitar...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
[1993]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; GENEALOGIES; 1. The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category; 2. Toward a Genealogy of the Concept of Ritual; ARCHAISMS; 3. Pain and Truth in Medieval Christian Ritual; 4. On Discipline and Humility in Medieval Christian Monasticism; TRANSLATIONS; 5. The Concept of Cultural Translation in British Social Anthropology; 6. The Limits of Religious Criticism in the Middle East: Notes on Islamic Public Argument; POLEMICS; 7. Multiculturalism and British Identity in the Wake of the Rushdie Affair.
- 8. Ethnography, Literature, and Politics: Some Readings and Uses of Salman Rushdie's Satanic VersesReferences; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.