The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:book
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Talal_Asad
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| gptkbp:citation |
academic works on secularism
studies of colonialism and religion |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category
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| gptkbp:impact |
Significant influence on anthropology and religious studies
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Edward_Said |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:mainArgument |
The concept of 'religion' is a modern, Western construct shaped by historical and political processes.
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| gptkbp:publicationYear |
1993
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Genealogies_of_Religion
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| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University_Press
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| gptkbp:subject |
religious studies
critical theory anthropology of religion |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:History_of_religion
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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