| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum religious studies |
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Continuum religious studies.
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| Contents |
"Voyages in" : an introduction -- Being and not being a "mere" book : history, memory, and self-understanding -- The empire writes back : from Bernard Lewis to Martin Kramer -- Scholars of religion and the return of the repressed : William D. Hart and Carl Olson -- Emergent conversations : working with and through Said's "religious" questions -- Theoretical travelogues : a slight return from Foucault back to Fanon and Sartre -- "Convergences" : "the other Arab Muslims" and "the other America" -- "The essay as form" of resistance : on the essayistic spirit in Said and Adorno -- "Out of place" : a conclusion -- In lieu of a postface : an appreciation of Edward W. Said / Vivek H. Dehejia |
| Summary |
Contends that Said's interpretation of the secular is not the utter opposite of religion in the modern globalized world. "Edward Said's Rhetoric of the Secular" provides an important new reading of Edward W. Said's work, emphasizing not only the distinction but also the fuzzy borders between representations of 'the religious' and 'the secular' found within and throughout his oeuvre and at the core of some of his most customary rhetorical strategies. Mathieu Courville begins by examining Said's own reflections on his life, before moving on to key debates about Said's work within Relig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Said, Edward W
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| SUBJECT |
Said, Edward W. fast |
| Subject |
Secularism.
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RELIGION -- Agnosticism.
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Secularism
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826437556 |
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0826437559 |
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9781441138118 |
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1441138110 |
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