“ Modern sovereignty, whether expressed through killing in battle or the torture of suspects, brings together the desire to build up and the desire to destroy, to let Aid Agencies offer charity (in its… Talal Asad
“ Let me pursue this point briefly with reference to what is described in our media, and by many of our public intellectuals, as the Islamic roots of violence—especially since September 2001. Religion h… Talal Asad
“ The construction of civilizational difference is not exclusive in any simple sense. The de-essentialization of Islam is paradigmatic for all thinking about the assimilation of non-European poeples to… Talal Asad
“ The construction of civilizational difference is not exclusive in any simple sense. The de-essentialization of Islam is paradigmatic for all thinking about the assimilation of non-European peoples to… Talal Asad
