''In this highly original book Anidjar deconstructs 'Christianity' into its element: blood. In doing so he demonstrates, with impressive skill, the ubiquity of blood--and its metamorphoses--in Christian history. In this exploration of the circulation of blood as the life of nation, state, and capital, the reader is presented with an extraordinary account of modernity no less. Scholars of modernity will learn to see 'Christianity' as something at once more and less than 'religion'--even though it is, as Anidjar argues, the (misleading) prototype of all religions.' This is a work to be read carefully and its implications pondered over.''
For Anidjar's Blood, click here
Showing posts with label Historicizing Religion. Show all posts
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Talal Asad Interview (2011, Minnesota Review)
Janell Watson interviews Talal Asad:
Modernizing Middle Eastern Studies, Historicizing Religion, Particularizing Human Rights
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