Secular translations: nation-state, modern self, and calculative reason
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
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
New York
Columbia University Press
2018
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| Em: | Ano: 2018 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Ruth Benedict Book Series
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
State, The
B Reasoning B Secularization B Religion and culture B Language and languages B Electronic books B Secularism |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Asad, Talal: Secular Translations : Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason. - New York : Columbia University Press,c2018 |
| Resumo: | 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 Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Secular Equality and Religious Language -- 2. Translation and the Sensible Body -- 3. Masks, Security, and the Language of Numbers -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 Online-Ressource (233 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0231548591 |
