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Formations of the Secular

Christianity, Islam, Modernity

By: Talal Asad

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Formations of the Secular

Christianity, Islam, Modernity

By: Talal Asad

Opening with the provocative query what might an anthropology of the secular look like? this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East. Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the strangeness of the non-European world and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion),the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined. The conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity.

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Stanford University Press

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0804747687

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Secular Translations

Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason

By: Talal Asad

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Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason

By: Talal Asad

In Secular Translations, the anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities in our concepts of the religious and the secular through a rich consideration of translatability and untranslatability, exploring the circuitous movements of ideas between histories and cultures. In search of meeting points between the language of Islam and the language of secular reason, Asad gives particular importance to the translations of religious ideas into nonreligious ones. He discusses the claim that liberal conceptions of equality represent earlier Christian ideas translated into secularism; explores the ways that the language and practice of religious ritual play an important but radically transformed role as they are translated into modern life; and considers the history of the idea of the self and its centrality to the project of the secular state. Secularism is not only an abstract principle that modern liberal democratic states espouse, he argues, but also a range of sensibilities. The shifting vocabularies associated with each of these sensibilities are fundamentally intertwined with different ways of life. In exploring these entanglements, Asad shows how translation opens the door for—or requires—the utter transformation of the translated. Drawing on a diverse set of thinkers ranging from al-Ghazālī to Walter Benjamin, Secular Translations points toward new possibilities for intercultural communication, seeking a language for our time beyond the language of the state.

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Columbia University Press

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0231548591

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Genealogies of Religion

Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam

By: Talal Asad

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Genealogies of Religion

Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam

By: Talal Asad

In Geneologies of Religion, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The idea that religion has undergone a radical change since the Christian Reformation—from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benign—is a familiar part of the story of secularization. It is often invokved to explain and justify the liberal politics and world view of modernity. And it leads to the view that "politicized religions" threaten both reason and liberty. Asad's essays explore and question all these assumptions. He argues that "religion" is a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes—for Westerners and non-Westerners alike—particular forms of "history making.

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JHU Press

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0801895936

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On Suicide Bombing

By: Talal Asad

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On Suicide Bombing

By: Talal Asad

Drawing on his extensive scholarship in the study of secular and religious traditions as well as his understanding of social, political and anthropological theory and research, Talal Asad questions Western assumptions regarding death and killing.

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Columbia University Press

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0231141521

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On Suicide Bombing

By: Talal Asad

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Is Critique Secular?

Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

By: Talal Asad,Wendy Brown,Judith Butler,Saba Mahmood

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Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

By: Talal Asad,Wendy Brown,Judith Butler,Saba Mahmood

This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing conflicts of our times? Taking as their point of departure the question of whether critique belongs exclusively to forms of liberal democracy that define themselves in opposition to religion, these authors consider the case of the “Danish cartoon controversy” of 2005. They offer accounts of reading, understanding, and critique for offering a way to rethink conventional oppositions between free speech and religious belief, judgment and violence, reason and prejudice, rationality and embodied life. The book, first published in 2009, has been updated for the present edition with a new Preface by the authors.

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Fordham Univ Press

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082325237X

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Secular Translations

Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason

By: Talal Asad

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Genealogies of Religion

Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam

By: Talal Asad

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Is Critique Secular?

Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

By: Talal Asad,Wendy Brown,Judith Butler,Saba Mahmood

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Formations of the Secular

Christianity, Islam, Modernity

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Iranian-Saudi Rivalry since 1979

In the Words of Kings and Clerics

By: Talal Mohammad

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Iranian-Saudi Rivalry since 1979

In the Words of Kings and Clerics

By: Talal Mohammad

The fraught relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran is usually attributed to sectarian differences, even by the states' own elites. However, this book shows that in their official speeches, newspaper editorials and Friday sermons, these elites use sectarian and nationalist references and tropes to denigrate each other and promote themselves in the eyes of their respective constituencies in the region. Talal Mohammad, who is fluent in both Arabic and Persian, examines Saudi-Iranian rivalry using discourse analysis of these religious, political and journalistic sources. Tracing what has been produced since 1979 in parallel, he argues for a consistent pattern of mutual misrepresentation, whereby each frames its counterpart as the 'Other' to which a specific political agenda can be justified and advanced. The book covers key events including the Iranian Revolution, the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the Taliban war, the fall of Saddam, the Arab Spring, the rise of Mohammed bin Salman, and the war on ISIS. While until now Saudi-Iranian rivalry has been understood in primarily sectarian or geopolitical terms, the author argues here that the discursive othering serves as a propagandist function that supports more fundamental political and geopolitical considerations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755634748

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Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition

Ibn Quṭlūbughā’s Commentary on The Compendium of Qudūrī

By: Talal Al-Azem

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Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition

Ibn Quṭlūbughā’s Commentary on The Compendium of Qudūrī

By: Talal Al-Azem

In Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition, Talal Al-Azem argues for the existence of a ‘madhhab-law tradition’ of jurisprudence, and examines how legal rules were forged by generations of scholarly commentary.

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BRILL

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9004323295

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9789004323292

VoIP Performance Management and Optimization

By: Adeel Ahmed,Habib Madani,Talal Siddiqui

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VoIP Performance Management and Optimization

By: Adeel Ahmed,Habib Madani,Talal Siddiqui

VoIP Performance Management and Optimization A KPI-based approach to managing and optimizing VoIP networks IP Communications Adeel Ahmed, CCIE® No. 4574 Habib Madani Talal Siddiqui, CCIE No. 4280 VoIP Performance Management and Optimization is the first comprehensive, expert guide to managing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing large VoIP networks. Three leading Cisco VoIP experts bring together state-of-the-art techniques for ensuring that customer service level agreements (SLA) are consistently met or exceeded. The authors begin by reviewing how VoIP is deployed in enterprise and service provider networks and the performance tradeoffs and challenges associated with each leading VoIP deployment model. Next, they present a comprehensive approach to diagnosing problems in VoIP networks using key performance indicators (KPI) and proactively addressing issues before they impact service. In this book, you will find a proven tools-based strategy for gauging VoIP network health and maximizing performance and voice quality. You also will learn how to perform trend analysis and use the results for capacity planning and traffic engineering—thereby optimizing your networks for both the short- and long-term. The authors all work in the Cisco Advanced Services Group. Deploy, manage, monitor, and scale multivendor VoIP networks more effectively Integrate performance data from multiple VoIP network segments and service flows to effectively manage SLAs Use performance counters, call detail records, and call agent trace logs to gauge network health in real time Utilize dashboards to analyze and correlate VoIP metrics, analyze trends, and plan capacity Implement a layered approach to quickly isolate and troubleshoot both localized and systemic problems in VoIP networks Optimize performance in networks where the service provider owns the “last mile” connection Improve performance when VoIP is deployed over publicly shared infrastructure Manage performance in enterprise networks using both centralized and distributed call processing Plan media deployment for the best possible network performance Monitor trends, establish baselines, optimize existing resources, and identify emerging problems Understand and address common voice quality issues This IP communications book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. IP communications titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals understand voice and IP telephony technologies, plan and design converged networks, and implement network solutions for increased productivity. Category: Networking: Unified Communications Covers: Voice over IP Network Management

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0132583062

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Is Critique Secular?

Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

By: Talal Asad,Wendy Brown,Judith Butler,Saba Mahmood

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Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

By: Talal Asad,Wendy Brown,Judith Butler,Saba Mahmood

Four leading thinkers confront the paradoxes and dilemmas attending the supposed stand-off between Islam and liberal democratic values.

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Book's by Talal Asad

Formations of the Secular

Formations of the Secular

Secular Translations

Secular Translations

Genealogies of Religion

Genealogies of Religion

On Suicide Bombing

On Suicide Bombing

On Suicide Bombing

On Suicide Bombing

Is Critique Secular?

Is Critique Secular?

Secular Translations

Secular Translations

Genealogies of Religion

Genealogies of Religion

Is Critique Secular?

Is Critique Secular?

Formations of the Secular

Formations of the Secular

Iranian-Saudi Rivalry since 1979

Iranian-Saudi Rivalry since 1979

Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition

Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition

VoIP Performance Management and Optimization

VoIP Performance Management and Optimization

Is Critique Secular?

Is Critique Secular?

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