Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason
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"Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason" is a scholarly work by anthropologist Talal Asad that critically examines how secular modernity, state power, and notions of the self are shaped through practices of translation and calculative reasoning.
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Target entity: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Context triple: [Talal Asad, notableWork, Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason]
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Reason, Truth and History
Reason, Truth and History is a 1981 philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that critically examines realism, reference, and the nature of truth in analytic philosophy.
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The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is the subtitle of John Ralston Saul’s book "Voltaire’s Bastards," which critiques how Western societies have elevated rationalism and technocratic thinking above ethics, common sense, and democratic values.
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D.
Crafting the Neoliberal State
Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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E.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Target entity description: "Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason" is a scholarly work by anthropologist Talal Asad that critically examines how secular modernity, state power, and notions of the self are shaped through practices of translation and calculative reasoning.
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A.
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.
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B.
Reason, Truth and History
Reason, Truth and History is a 1981 philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that critically examines realism, reference, and the nature of truth in analytic philosophy.
-
C.
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is the subtitle of John Ralston Saul’s book "Voltaire’s Bastards," which critiques how Western societies have elevated rationalism and technocratic thinking above ethics, common sense, and democratic values.
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D.
Crafting the Neoliberal State
Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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E.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| addresses |
historical formation of the modern nation-state
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limits of secular reason ⓘ tensions between religious and secular norms ⓘ ways state power shapes subjectivity ⓘ |
| author | Talal Asad ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
critical studies of the modern state
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debates on religion in the public sphere ⓘ debates on secularism and post-secularism ⓘ theory of translation in social sciences ⓘ |
| critiques |
assumptions of neutral state power
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liberal conceptions of the secular ⓘ |
| discipline |
philosophical anthropology
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social theory ⓘ |
| examines |
calculative reasoning
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notions of the self ⓘ practices of translation ⓘ secular modernity ⓘ state power ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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anthropology of religion ⓘ critical theory ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
formation of modern political subjectivity
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how concepts travel across contexts ⓘ relationship between calculation and moral reasoning ⓘ translation between religious and secular discourses ⓘ |
| genre |
academic monograph
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
calculative reason
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modern self ⓘ modernity ⓘ nation-state ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Talal Asad's broader work on secularism
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Talal Asad's concept of the secular ⓘ Talal Asad's work on religion and politics ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
critical analysis of secularism
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genealogical analysis ⓘ |
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