Talal Asad

Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason - 222 p., 27 cm - Ruth Benedict Book Series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Secular equality and religious language -- Translation and the sensible body -- Masks, security, and the language of numbers -- Epilogue.

9780231189866


Secularism.
Language and languages
Reasoning
Secularization
Religion and culture--Religious language