Asad: Modernity, Secularity & Islam -3/3

Talal Asad - Oxford-educated noted anthropologist and author of the acclaimed "Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity" - discusses: (a) the impossibility of imposing Western modernity on Muslim societies on account of fundamental differences with their culture and history; (b) the need for Western secularism to accommodate religious - including, Islamic and Christian - expression; (c) the failure of the West to appreciate its "modernity" as a constantly evolving - and not, static - phenomenon; and (d) the irrational behavior of European societies in dealing with Muslim immigration. This interview was recorded in October 2008.

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these are probably the most stupid questions to ask to Talal Asad.