We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services. If you go on surfing, we will consider you accepting its use. More information in our cookie policy . Accept cookies SOWING FUTURE FREE SHIPPING FOR PURCHASES OVER € 25 * MY ACCOUNT CONTACT DEALERS ABOUT US? CATALOGUE AUTHORS WHAT'S NEW? EBOOKS EVENTS (EDIT) FEATURED SECTIONS SEALS BLOG Download cover (high quality) View content See interior images Genealogy of monotheism Religion as a colonial device by Abdennur Prado (Writer) A genealogical critique of the "science of religions," showing its connections to the colonial project. "Religion" is not a universal , but a key in the conceptualization of the world by Western intelligentsia, which has given itself the right to define others according to categories that favor domination, projecting onto the world the own fractures of the modern episteme: Modernity-tradition, progress-backwardness, religion-secularism. Based on this observation, the present essay focuses on the "uses of monotheism" exercised by important European thinkers, from Hume to Sloterdijk, who have led to consolidate as obvious the presentation of Islam within the "Semitic religions" and as if it were a "strict monotheism." Once the deconstruction work is done, the need to consider Islam from its own presuppositions, ideas-force and fundamental metaphors arises. This is how the author develops a genealogical critique of the academic discipline of the "science of religions" and its fundamental categories, showing its connections with the colonial project. We are faced with a text that reveals the survival of the humanist / humanitarian dimension of colonialism and its connection with Christocentrism - the evangelizing mission of all the peoples of the Earth - present today under the mask of secularism. Writer Abdennur Prado Collection Inter Pairs Subject Religion , Philosophy , Islam Language Castilian EAN 9786079753795 ISBN 978-607-97537-9-5 Publication date 03-14-2018 pages 416 Width 13.5 cm High 21 cm Edition one Format Rustic Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Rustic € 22.00 WITHOUT VAT € 21.15 ADD TO CART ABOUT ABDENNUR PRADO (WRITER) Abdennur Prado is one of the most prominent thinkers in the field of contemporary Islam. Director of the International Congress of Islamic Feminism and defender of the civil rights of Muslims in Spain, he has written a large number of books, among which are The Islamic ... See more about Abdennur Prado RELATED BOOKS PURCHASE Muhammad PURCHASE Ecclesiastical history of the Anglo people PURCHASE Islam and the end of time PURCHASE The two bodies of the king PURCHASE Speech against the Greeks DIRECTION Foresta Sector No. 1 28760 Three Cantos Spain CONTACT US atencion.cliente@akal.com 918 061 996 LEGAL WARNING COOKIES POLICY PRIVACY POLICY FOLLOW US © COPYRIGHT 2019, AKAL