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Talal Asad
Talal Asad
Born	April 1932 (age 92); Medina, Saudi Arabia
Citizenship	Saudi Arabian (formerly); Pakistani; British
Spouse	Tanya Asad
Parents	Muhammad Asad; Munira Hussein Al Shammari;
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Oxford;
Thesis	The Kababish (1968)
Doctoral advisor	E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Influences	Muhammad Asad; Michel Foucault; Friedrich Nietzsche; Ludwig Wittgenstein;
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropology
Sub-discipline	Anthropology of religion; cultural anthropology; postcolonial studies;
School or tradition	Postcolonialism; poststructuralism;
Institutions	University of Khartoum; University of Hull; New School for Social Research; Johns Hopkins University; CUNY Graduate Center;
Notable works	Formations of the Secular (2003)
Influenced	Saba Mahmood; Tomoko Masuzawa ;

Talal Asad (born 1932) is a Saudi-born cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern studies, postcolonialism, and notions of power, law and discipline. He is also known for his writing calling for an anthropology of secularism. His work has had a significant influence beyond his home discipline of anthropology. As Donovan Schaefer writes:

The gravitational field of Asad’s influence has emanated far from his home discipline and reshaped the landscape of other humanistic disciplines around him.^[9]

^ Asad 1968.
^ Jakobsen 2015, p. 114; Kessler 2012, pp. 203–204.
^ Kessler 2012, pp. 203–204; Mirsepassi 2010, p. 55.
^ ^a ^b ^c Landry 2016, p. 78.
^ Mozumder 2011, p. 7; Uğurlu 2017, p. 5.
^ Mozumder 2011, p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ovamir Anjum (21 February 2018). "Interview with Talal Asad". American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. 35 (1). International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT): 67–70. doi:10.35632/ajis.v35i1.812. When I switched my Saudi passport for a Pakistani one it made me a member of the Commonwealth, and that gave me the freedom to move and work as I pleased... But eventually, I think it was when I came back from the Sudan, that I decided to get British Nationality
^ El-Messiri 1980, p. ii; Watson 2011, p. 100.
^ Schaefer, Donovan (2020). "Talal Asad's Challenge to Religious Studies". Religion and Society. 11 (1): 20–23. doi:10.3167/arrs.2020.110102.

[FOOTNOTEAsad1968-1] Asad 1968.

[FOOTNOTEJakobsen2015114Kessler2012203–204-2] Jakobsen 2015, p. 114; Kessler 2012, pp. 203–204.

[FOOTNOTEKessler2012203–204Mirsepassi201055-3] Kessler 2012, pp. 203–204; Mirsepassi 2010, p. 55.

[FOOTNOTELandry201678-4] Landry 2016, p. 78.

[FOOTNOTEMozumder20117Uğurlu20175-5] Mozumder 2011, p. 7; Uğurlu 2017, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTEMozumder20117-6] Mozumder 2011, p. 7.

[AJISS-7] Ovamir Anjum (21 February 2018). "Interview with Talal Asad". American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. 35 (1). International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT): 67–70. doi:10.35632/ajis.v35i1.812. When I switched my Saudi passport for a Pakistani one it made me a member of the Commonwealth, and that gave me the freedom to move and work as I pleased... But eventually, I think it was when I came back from the Sudan, that I decided to get British Nationality

[FOOTNOTEEl-Messiri1980iiWatson2011100-8] El-Messiri 1980, p. ii; Watson 2011, p. 100.

[9] Schaefer, Donovan (2020). "Talal Asad's Challenge to Religious Studies". Religion and Society. 11 (1): 20–23. doi:10.3167/arrs.2020.110102.

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Talal Asad
Born	April 1932 (age 92) Medina, Saudi Arabia
Citizenship	Saudi Arabian (formerly)^[7]^: 55–60 Pakistani^[7] British^[7]
Spouse	Tanya Asad^[8]
Parents	Muhammad Asad Munira Hussein Al Shammari

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of Oxford
Thesis	The Kababish^[1] (1968)
Doctoral advisor	E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Influences	Muhammad Asad Michel Foucault^[2] Friedrich Nietzsche Ludwig Wittgenstein^[3]
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropology
Sub-discipline	Anthropology of religion cultural anthropology postcolonial studies^[4]
School or tradition	Postcolonialism^[4] poststructuralism^[4]
Institutions	University of Khartoum University of Hull New School for Social Research Johns Hopkins University CUNY Graduate Center
Notable works	Formations of the Secular (2003)
Influenced	Saba Mahmood^[5] Tomoko Masuzawa ^[6]

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