In Geneologies of Religion, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The

Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. He writes that "religion" is a constr

In Geneologies of Religion, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The

“A dark but brilliantly original work . . . one of the most important books on religion and the modern in recent years.” —H-Net Reviews Opening with the p

Presents a historical and philosophical overview of the twentieth-century German debates on secularization, and their significance for contemporary discussions