6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature

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Das, Veena. "6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature". Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors, edited by David Scott and Charles Hirschkind, Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2006, pp. 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804767798-006

Das, V. (2006). 6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature. In D. Scott & C. Hirschkind (Ed.), Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors (pp. 93-112). Redwood City: Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804767798-006

Das, V. 2006. 6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature. In: Scott, D. and Hirschkind, C. ed. Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, pp. 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804767798-006

Das, Veena. "6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature" In Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors edited by David Scott and Charles Hirschkind, 93-112. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804767798-006

Das V. 6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature. In: Scott D, Hirschkind C (ed.) Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors. Redwood City: Stanford University Press; 2006. p.93-112. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804767798-006

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
1 Introduction: The Anthropological Skepticism of Talal Asad 1
2 Secularization Revisited: A Reply to Talal Asad 12
3 What Is an ''Authorizing Discourse"? 31
4 Fasting for Bin Laden: The Politics of Secularization in Contemporary India 57
5 Europe: A Minor Tradition 75
6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature 93
7 On General and Divine Economy: Talal Asad's Genealogy of the Secular and Emmanuel Levinas's Critique of Capitalism, Colonialism, and Money 113
8 The Tragic Sensibility ofTalal Asad 134
9 Redemption, Secularization, and Politics 154
10 Subjects and Agents in the History of Imperialism and Resistance 180
11 Responses 206
Appendix: The Trouble ofThinking: An Interview with Tala! Asad 243
Notes 305
Tala! Asad: A Bibliography 333
Contributors 339
Index 341

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents ix
1 Introduction: The Anthropological Skepticism of Talal Asad 1
2 Secularization Revisited: A Reply to Talal Asad 12
3 What Is an ''Authorizing Discourse"? 31
4 Fasting for Bin Laden: The Politics of Secularization in Contemporary India 57
5 Europe: A Minor Tradition 75
6 Secularism and the Argument from Nature 93
7 On General and Divine Economy: Talal Asad's Genealogy of the Secular and Emmanuel Levinas's Critique of Capitalism, Colonialism, and Money 113
8 The Tragic Sensibility ofTalal Asad 134
9 Redemption, Secularization, and Politics 154
10 Subjects and Agents in the History of Imperialism and Resistance 180
11 Responses 206
Appendix: The Trouble ofThinking: An Interview with Tala! Asad 243
Notes 305
Tala! Asad: A Bibliography 333
Contributors 339
Index 341

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