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Talal Asad

162

Works

20,458

Citations

50

h-index

80

i10-index

Research Topics

Religion and Society Interactions Islamic Studies and History Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies

Affiliations

New School1990–1995

The Graduate Center, CUNY1996–2022

City College of New York2001–2001

Johns Hopkins University1997–1997

City University of New York2000–2022

Top Works

Formations of the Secular

20203,278 citations

American Constitutional Law and Politics

African history and culture analysis

Genealogies of Religion

19933,224 citations

Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam.

Martin Riesebrodt,Talal Asad

19942,341 citations

Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter

Keith Hart,Talal Asad

19741,890 citations

The Concept of Cultural Translation in British Social Anthropology

1986787 citations

The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam

1996773 citations

Anthropological Conceptions of Religion: Reflections on Geertz

1983573 citations

Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter

1979550 citations

Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam.

John R. Bowen,Talal Asad

1994471 citations