Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Talal Asad 1973 The Bedouin as a Military Force

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An early essay by Asad: “The Bedouin as a Military Force: Notes on some aspects of power relations between Nomads and Sedentaries in Histo...

Talal Asad 1977 Review of Hassan Fathy's 'Architecture for the Poor'

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Talal Asad's review of the legendary Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy : “A Village in Upper Egypt.” Gazelle Review of Literature on the ...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Talal Asad 1980 Remarks on Edward Said's Orientalism

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One of Asad's minor texts, penned while he was at The University of Hull,  Remarks on Edward Said's Orientalism  was published in ...
Sunday, December 3, 2017

New Article: ''Remarks on Allen Feldman’s Archives of the Insensible'' (2017)

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Talal Asad contributed to Social Text 's online forum on Allen Feldman's Archives of the Insensible: Of War, Photopolitics, and Dead...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Talal Asad's Ruth Benedict Lectures (April 19-21, 2017)

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Talal Asad delivered the first Ruth Benedict Lectures, hosted by Columbia University's Anthopology Department. From Wednesday, April 19,...

New Translation: Attentats-suicides (2018)

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Asad's On Suicide Bombing will be published in French in 2018, with a preface by Mohamed Amer-Meziane. Attentats-suicides , translated b...

New Translation: Pensando sobre tradição, religião e política no Egito contemporâneo (2017)

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Jorge Botelho Moniz translated Asad's 2005 article 'Thinking About Tradition, Religion, and Politics in Egypt Today' into Portug...
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