In the introduction of his book Formations of the Secular, Asad argues that far from being merely a political doctrine, secularism is a distinct discipline and strategy used by modern states to maintain their power.
Thornton clarifies how seventeenth-century furniture and room layouts reflected the social status, power, and gender relations of that era.
New Historicism put forward the revolutionary idea that the customs and lifestyle of a society can be read and interpreted just like a literary work or a poem. Famous anthropologist Clifford Geertz is the thinker who applied this concept most effectively in the field of anthropology.
Jean-François Lyotard brought the concept of 'Metanarrative' (Grand Narrative) to international attention in 1979 through his work 'The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge'.
"Catherine Gallagher is another notable presence who merits distinct recognition for her pivotal role in advancing New Historicist theories and their methodologies."
"Stephen Orgel is another prominent literary critic and historian who laid a strong foundation for New Historicism, a school of thought that investigates how literary works converse with the socio-political systems and power structures of the era in which they were created."
"Louis Montrose is a thinker who played a vital role in establishing the school of literary criticism known as New Historicism within the modern academic world. He was able to redefine traditional understandings of the relationship between literature and history, simultaneously influencing both historiography and literary criticism projects."
Behind the growth of New Historicism lies the rigorous intellectual labor of several prominent scholars. Here is an introduction to the theoretical world of Stephen Greenblatt, the most distinguished among them.
"The thought of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas is one of the most original and profound intellectual currents witnessed by the Islamic world in the second half of the twentieth century. As a versatile genius, his interventions in the fields of philosophy, epistemology, Sufism, history, linguistics, and education have deeply influenced modern Muslim thought. Al-Attas’s life mission was to precisely identify the intellectual and cultural crises created by the Western secular worldview in Islamic societies, and in response, to develop an epistemological alternative rooted in Islamic tradition."
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