Talk Islam » talal asad http://talkislam.info a crescent waxing eloquent Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Secularism as a political doctrine I see … http://talkislam.info/2008/06/08/secularism-as-a-political-doctrine-i-see/ http://talkislam.info/2008/06/08/secularism-as-a-political-doctrine-i-see/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:09 +0000 thabet http://talkislam.info/2008/06/08/secularism-as-a-political-doctrine-i-see/ Secularism as a political doctrine I see as being very closely connected to the formation of religion itself, as the “other” of a religious order. It is precisely in a secular state - which is supposed to be totally separated from religion - that it is essential for state law to define, again and again, what genuine religion is, and where its boundaries should properly be. In other words, the state is not that separate. Paradoxically, modern politics cannot really be separated from religion as the vulgar version of secularism argues it should be - with religion having its own sphere and politics its own. The state (a political entity/realm) has the function of defining the acceptable public face of “religion”.

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]]> http://talkislam.info/2008/06/08/secularism-as-a-political-doctrine-i-see/feed/ Hanging Odes reviews Talal Asad’s On Su … http://talkislam.info/2008/05/02/hanging-odes-reviews-talal-asads-on-su/ http://talkislam.info/2008/05/02/hanging-odes-reviews-talal-asads-on-su/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 07:18:37 +0000 thabet http://talkislam.info/2008/05/02/hanging-odes-reviews-talal-asads-on-su/ Aasem Bakhshi reviews Talal Asad’s On Suicide Bombing.

If you have not read OSB, read Asad’s essay Thinking about “Just War”.

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