How Long to Read Religion and the Specter of the West

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion and the Specter of the West?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 8 minutes to read Religion and the Specter of the West by Arvind-Pal S. Mandair

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Description

Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction, postsecular theory, and political theology, have different implications for cultures and societies that live with the debilitating effects of past imperialisms, Arvind Mandair unsettles the politics of knowledge construction in which the category of "religion" continues to be central. Through a case study of Sikhism, he launches an extended critique of religion as a cultural universal. At the same time, he presents a portrait of how certain aspects of Sikh tradition were reinvented as "religion" during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. India's imperial elite subtly recast Sikh tradition as a sui generis religion, which robbed its teachings of their political force. In turn, Sikhs began to define themselves as a "nation" and a "world religion" that was separate from, but parallel to, the rise of the Indian state and global Hinduism. Rather than investigate these processes in isolation from Europe, Mandair shifts the focus closer to the political history of ideas, thereby recovering part of Europe's repressed colonial memory. Mandair rethinks the intersection of religion and the secular in discourses such as history of religions, postcolonial theory, and recent continental philosophy. Though seemingly unconnected, these discourses are shown to be linked to a philosophy of "generalized translation" that emerged as a key conceptual matrix in the colonial encounter between India and the West. In this riveting study, Mandair demonstrates how this philosophy of translation continues to influence the repetitions of religion and identity politics in the lives of South Asians, and the way the academy, state, and media have analyzed such phenomena.

How long is Religion and the Specter of the West?

Religion and the Specter of the West by Arvind-Pal S. Mandair is 536 pages long, and a total of 137,216 words.

This makes it 181% the length of the average book. It also has 168% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion and the Specter of the West Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 29 minutes to read Religion and the Specter of the West aloud.

What Reading Level is Religion and the Specter of the West?

Religion and the Specter of the West is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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