Violence and the profane: Islamism, liberal democracy, and the limits of secular discipline

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-235

  Goldstone, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147137676     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2007.0006     Document Type: Article

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38. Ibid., 38
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56. Ibid., p. 100
57. Ibid., p. 101
58. Ibid., p. 109
59. Ibid., p. 110-111.
60. Ibid., p. 56, emphasis mine
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65. Ibid., p. 57
66. Canovan, p. 16, cited in Ibid., p. 59, emphasis added by Asad
67. Asad, p. 59.
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69. Asad, p.60
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72. Quoted in Saba Mahmood, "Secularism, Hermeneutics, and Empire: The Politics of Islamic Reformation," Public Culture 18:2 (Spring 2006), p. 329
73. Ibid., pp. 326-328
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75. Ibid., p.105
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