Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors
- ISBN-10
- 0804752664
- ISBN-13
- 9780804752664
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 355
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- David Scott, Charles Hirschkind
Description
This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad.
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