Work · Philosophy in the Islamic World
Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam
Essays on medieval Christian discipline, ritual and pain, and on the Islamic revival: the opening essay argues against Geertz that there can be no universal definition of religion, since its elements and its very definition are products of historical discourses and powers.
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- The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays1973 · Clifford Geertz
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