Is Critique Secular?: Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

by Talal Asad, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler

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In this volume, four leading thinkers of our times confront the paradoxes and dilemmas attending the supposed stand-off between Islam and liberal democratic values. Taking the controversial Danish cartoons of Mohammad as a point of departure, Talal Asad, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, and Saba Mahmood inquire into the evaluative frameworks at stake in understanding the conflicts between blasphemy and free speech, between religious taboos and freedoms...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0823251691

ISBN13:9780823251698

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Church & State Civil Rights & Liberties Cultural Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Religion, Politics & State Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Specific Topics

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