Talal Asad

20.5k citations
86 papers · 6.8k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 33
Topics
Islamic Studies and History (22 papers)Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers)Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (10 papers)

In The Last Decade

Talal Asad

78 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Po...1974202619912008199419931974199620204008001.2k

Peers

Talal Asad
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.5k
  • Political Science and International Relations 2.3k
  • Anthropology 2.0k
  • Philosophy 766
  • Education 604
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Fields of papers citing papers by Talal Asad

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All Works

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Thinking about Religion through Wittgenstein
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Formations of the Secularbreakdown →
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5 59
6 4
7 15
8 119
9 6
10 1
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Formations of the secular
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Some Thoughts on the WTC Disaster
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14 4
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What do human rights do? An anthropological enquiry
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Religion and politics: An introduction
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17 48
18 9
19 31
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About Talal Asad

Talal Asad is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, having authored 86 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Islamic Studies and History (22 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers) and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (2.0k citations), Sociology and Political Science (4.5k citations) and Political Science and International Relations (2.3k citations). Talal Asad has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Martin Riesebrodt, Keith Hart, Saba Mahmood, Judith Butler, John R. Bowen, Emanuel Marx, Brian Keith Axel, Irene Silverblatt, Nicholas B. Dirks and Paul A. Silverstein. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and British Journal of Sociology.

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