Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors (Cultural Memory in the Present) (January 4, 2006) Paperback

by David Scott

“While centrally about secularization, this volume is much more than that. Asad’s work and the essays engaging him here offer nothing short of an anthropology of the modern. Many issues are broached, leaving the reader with a dazzling array of issues to explore. This is interdisciplinary engagement at its best. An invaluable text for scholars and students working across the social sciences.”—Victoria Hattam, New School for Social Research

Genres: Philosophy

Unknown Binding

First published January 4, 2006

About the author

David Scott is Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of a number of books, including Omens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice and Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment, and is the editor of Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, all also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great set of essays engaging with some of Asad's arguments. This is not just some tribute book where the authors all hail Asad. He has some supporters and naysayers, and even some of his supporters bring up things they disagree with. The best part is the large interview at the end where you get a great summary, right from Asad, about his intellectual growth and his influences. It's just a great book.

[versarbre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally got to it....