“Thinking About Religion, Secularism and Politics” with Talal Asad

Anthropology/Sociology, Conferences and Talks, Islam: Introduction, Judaism, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Scholars

This video interview with Talal Asad (Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Center of
the City University of New York), recorded in 2008, is well worth watching. Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Talal Asad who reflects on his life and work as an anthropologist focusing on religion, modernity, and the complex relationships between Islam and the West.