'The Idea of Islam Today: Towards Non-Orientalist Genealogies' 2014

American University of Beirut held an international symposium in honor of Talal Asad. Here is the keynote address.

The Idea of Islam Today: 
Towards Non-Orientalist Genealogies 

Organizers' opening remarks to the conference

An International Symposium in Honor of Talal Asad at AUB (9/2014)

This september witnessed a great celebration of Prof. Asad's works at AUB which will hopefully turn into a collection of essays.

The Idea of Islam Today: Towards Non-Orientalist Genealogies

An International Symposium in Honor of Talal Asad Inaugurating its new program in Islamic Studies, the AUB is hosting an international symposium in honor of Talal Asad entitled "The Idea of Islam Today: Towards Non-Orientalist Genealogies." Talal Asad is perhaps best known for his interventions in the anthropology of religion and secularism, but his theoretical reflections are not bound by disciplinary strictures. Encompassing texts and translation, law, ethics, war, history, political economy, humanitarianism, postcolonial studies, as well as contemporary politics, Asad’s work has been critical in shaping a generation of scholars from across the academy. As it celebrates the work of this inspiring scholar, the meeting aims to think through the idea of Islam in and from the region. For the full program click HERE

Reprint: The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam (2009 [1986])

Talal Asad's classic article The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam has ben reissued by Qui Parle (17:2)

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