具体描述
Opening with the provocative query “what might an anthropology of the secular look like?” this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East. Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain it allegedly covers. He argues that while anthropologists have oriented themselves to the study of the “strangeness of the non-European world” and to what are seen as non-rational dimensions of social life (things like myth, taboo, and religion),the modern and the secular have not been adequately examined. The conclusion is that the secular cannot be viewed as a successor to religion, or be seen as on the side of the rational. It is a category with a multi-layered history, related to major premises of modernity, democracy, and the concept of human rights. This book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, religious studies scholars, as well as scholars working on modernity.
作者简介
Talal Asad is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Genealogies of Religion.
目录信息
读后感
Talal Asad: If you only have time to read one sentence of the book then it is this one: In later centuries, with the triumphant rise of modern science, modern production, and the modern state, the churches would also be clear about the need to distinguish t...
评分Talal Asad: If you only have time to read one sentence of the book then it is this one: In later centuries, with the triumphant rise of modern science, modern production, and the modern state, the churches would also be clear about the need to distinguish t...
评分Talal Asad: If you only have time to read one sentence of the book then it is this one: In later centuries, with the triumphant rise of modern science, modern production, and the modern state, the churches would also be clear about the need to distinguish t...
评分Talal Asad: If you only have time to read one sentence of the book then it is this one: In later centuries, with the triumphant rise of modern science, modern production, and the modern state, the churches would also be clear about the need to distinguish t...
评分Talal Asad: If you only have time to read one sentence of the book then it is this one: In later centuries, with the triumphant rise of modern science, modern production, and the modern state, the churches would also be clear about the need to distinguish t...
用户评价
这本书最吸引我的地方，在于其对“世俗”这个概念的动态化处理。作者没有将其视为一个静止的状态，而是一个持续不断的、充满张力的“形成过程”（Formations）。这种动态视角极大地丰富了我的理解。它不再仅仅是一个宗教退场、科学登场的简单故事，而是揭示了世俗权力自身也需要不断地进行自我界定和合法化构建的艰辛历程。我特别喜欢它对边缘群体和非主流思想在这一历史进程中的隐秘作用的关注，这些细节往往被宏大叙事所忽略，但作者却用敏锐的洞察力将其挖掘出来，为整个论述增添了丰富的维度和人性的温度。这使得原本可能显得过于冰冷的理论分析，充满了鲜活的历史气息。
评分这本厚重的著作，初翻时便有一种扑面而来的历史烟云感。作者的笔触如同经验老到的历史学家，细致入微地梳理着一系列关键的转折点。它没有急于给出一个明确的定义或结论，而是选择了一种更具探索性的方式，引导读者深入探究“世俗化”这一概念的复杂肌理。我尤其欣赏它对不同文化背景下社会结构演变的比较分析，那种跨越地域和时代的宏大叙事，展现了作者深厚的学识功底。阅读过程中，我感觉自己仿佛置身于一个巨大的历史剧场，见证着信仰与理性、公共领域与私人领域之间那场旷日持久的拉锯战。那些关于早期现代国家建构与知识体系重塑的论述，层层递进，逻辑严密，让人不得不佩服其构建理论框架的能力。它不是一本轻松的读物，更像是一次智力上的远足，需要读者投入足够的时间和精力去消化那些精妙的论证和详实的史料。
评分我是在一个完全不同的研究领域偶然接触到这本书的，起初只是抱着了解背景知识的心态，没想到却被其严谨的学术气质深深吸引。作者对文本的细致考证和对原始语境的尊重，显示出极高的学术操守。这本书的结构安排非常巧妙，从基础概念的梳理，到具体历史案例的深入剖析，再到对未来趋势的审慎展望，形成了一个完整的逻辑闭环。它不仅仅是在描述“发生了什么”，更重要的是在探讨“为什么会以这种方式发生”，以及这种发生对我们今天思考身份认同和政治参与意味着什么。这本书的影响力，或许不在于提供一个现成的答案，而在于它提供了一套极其强大的分析工具，帮助我们更清醒地认识我们所身处的这个“被世俗化”的世界。
评分老实说，这本书的阅读门槛相当高。它里面涉及的哲学思辨和神学背景知识，要求读者必须有一定的知识储备才能跟上作者的思路。虽然内容充实，论证扎实，但偶尔会因为过于专业的术语和冗长的引述而显得有些晦涩难懂。我需要反复查阅参考资料才能完全理解某些章节的深层含义。不过，一旦跨越了初期的障碍，收获是巨大的。这本书就像一把精密的解剖刀，将现代社会的骨架一点点地剥离开来，让我们看到支撑起我们当前生活模式的那些深层结构是如何一点点被塑造出来的。那些关于理性化和祛魅过程的描述，虽然是老生常谈，但在这里被赋予了全新的、更具批判性的视角，远超一般社科著作的肤浅探讨。
评分读完之后，内心久久不能平静。这本书的叙事风格充满了张力和矛盾，它没有用简单的“进步”或“衰退”来标签化现代性的进程，而是展示了世俗力量在不同历史阶段所呈现出的多面性。我发现作者在处理敏感议题时，展现出极高的克制和审慎，他似乎更倾向于描绘“过程”而非“结果”。特别是一些关于法律和政治制度如何从宗教权威中分离出来的案例分析，简直是教科书级别的阐释。那些原本我认为理所当然的现代社会特征，经过作者的解构，立刻露出了其背后隐藏的权力运作和思想博弈的痕迹。这套书的价值在于，它迫使读者跳出日常的思维定势，重新审视我们习以为常的公共生活的基础。那种对细微变化的敏感捕捉和对宏观趋势的精准把握，着实令人印象深刻。
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