Secular Narrations and Transdisciplinary Knowledge

Abdelmajid Hannoum (University of Kansas, USA)

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English

Routledge
31 May 2023

Humanist & secular alternatives to religion; Society & culture: general; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

This book considers secularism and its narrative expressions. It shows how secularism is articulated and transmitted ubiquitously within state institutions and outside of them. Abdelmajid Hannoum does this by dissecting, in a series of essays, a variety of narrative forms, interrogating modes of their constitution and production, the dynamics of their translatability, the politics of their use, the struggle over their status of truth, and the conditions that make secular narration so central to our existence. The book ranges from a medieval narrative of the secular to a modern narrative, to anthropological secularism and religious experiences, to narratives of translation produced by what the author calls translation ideology, to historical narratives regulated by archival power and state secrecy, to narratives of violence, to narratives of recollection, as well as narratives of silence. Particular attention is paid to postcolonial French contemporary cultures and politics. Transdisciplinary approaches are deployed to not only reframe old questions in new ways but also posit new questions out of old ones. In doing so, this innovative work opens up fresh discursive possibilities that cross traditional disciplines. It will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, history, and beyond.

By: Abdelmajid Hannoum (University of Kansas USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781032073026
ISBN 10: 1032073020
Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Translation and the Imaginary 2. Other Times, Other Places, Other Secularisms 3. Two Narratives of the Anthropology of Islam 4. Violence in Translation, or Fanon Otherwise 5. Being (From) There: Anthropology and Nativism 6. Paul Ricœur on Memory 7. What is an Order of Time? 8. Archiving Algeria: Power, Violence, and Secrecy 9. Memory of the Surface: Colonial Forgetting in Post-Colonial France 10. Cartoons, Secularism, and Inequality

Abdelmajid Hannoum is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, USA.