Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors
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For more than three decades, Talal Asad has been engaged in a distinctive critical exploration of the conceptual assumptions that govern the West's knowledges-especially its disciplinary and disciplining knowledges-of the non-Western world. The essays that make up this volume treat diverse aspects of this remarkable body of work. Among them: the relationship between colonial power and academic knowledge; the historical shifts giving shape to the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804752664
ISBN13:9780804752664
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
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