Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason by Talal

Description: Secular Translations by Talal Asad In Secular Translations, anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities in our concepts of the religious and the secular through a rich consideration of translatability and untranslatability. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Secular Translations, the anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities in our concepts of the religious and the secular through a rich consideration of translatability and untranslatability, exploring the circuitous movements of ideas between histories and cultures.In search of meeting points between the language of Islam and the language of secular reason, Asad gives particular importance to the translations of religious ideas into nonreligious ones. He discusses the claim that liberal conceptions of equality represent earlier Christian ideas translated into secularism; explores the ways that the language and practice of religious ritual play an important but radically transformed role as they are translated into modern life; and considers the history of the idea of the self and its centrality to the project of the secular state. Secularism is not only an abstract principle that modern liberal democratic states espouse, he argues, but also a range of sensibilities. The shifting vocabularies associated with each of these sensibilities are fundamentally intertwined with different ways of life. In exploring these entanglements, Asad shows how translation opens the door for-or requires-the utter transformation of the translated. Drawing on a diverse set of thinkers ranging from al-Ghazl to Walter Benjamin, Secular Translations points toward new possibilities for intercultural communication, seeking a language for our time beyond the language of the state. Author Biography Talal Asad is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His many books include Formations of the Secular (2003) and On Suicide Bombing (Columbia, 2007). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Secular Equality and Religious Language2. Translation and the Sensible Body3. Masks, Security, and the Language of NumbersEpilogueNotesIndex Review Well worth reading...an excellent instance of the value of anthropological concepts for the study of religion and the social importance of theology. -- Timothy Jenkins, Cambridge University * Modern Theology *Asad remains essential reading. * Muslim World Book Review *This is an immensely rich text, undoubtedly Asads tour de force. * Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies * Review Quote Well worth reading...an excellent instance of the value of anthropological concepts for the study of religion and the social importance of theology. Promotional "Headline" Talal Asad addresses the paradox of secular reasoning: we are at once theoretically capable of making our own history yet prove to be practically incapable of living up to that responsibility Details ISBN0231189869 Author Talal Asad Publisher Columbia University Press Series Ruth Benedict Book Series Year 2018 ISBN-10 0231189869 ISBN-13 9780231189866 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-12-04 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Ph.D. Program in Anthropology DEWEY 306.6 Pages 232 Short Title Secular Translations Language English UK Release Date 2018-12-04 AU Release Date 2018-12-04 NZ Release Date 2018-12-04 US Release Date 2018-12-04 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161837227;

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