Book Summary
Taking the controversial Danish cartoons of Mohammad as a point of departure, this title inquires into the evaluative frameworks at stake in understanding the conflicts between blasphemy and free speech, between religious taboos and freedoms of thought and expression, and between secular and religious world views.
Book Details
Book Name | Is Critique Secular?: Blasphemy, Injury, And Free Speech |
Author | Talal Asad, Judith Butler, Saba Mahmood, Wendy Brown |
Publisher | Townsend Center For The Humanities (Nov 2009) |
ISBN | 9780982329412 |
Pages | 154 |
Language | English |
Price | 800 |