A Materialism for the Masses : : Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life / / Ward Blanton.
Nietzsche and Freud saw Christianity as metaphysical escapism, with Nietzsche calling the religion a "Platonism for the masses" and faulting Paul the apostle for negating more immanent, material modes of thought and political solidarity. Integrating this debate with the philosophies of dif...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to Politics as Materialist Spiritualities: For a Postsecular "Return" of Paulinism
- Platonism for the Masses: On the Sacred Cement Shoes of Paul the Apostle
- 1. Contingency; or, Covenantal Comedy: In Praise of Strange Paulinist Federations
- 2. On Being Called Dead: Splitting the Imperative of Being
- 3. Insurrectionist Risk (Paul Among the Parrhesiasts)
- 4. Singularity; or, Spiritual Exercise (Paul and the Philosophical Immanence of Foucault and Deleuze)
- 5. Seizures of Chance: Paulinist Agencies in Neocapitalist Contexts
- Conclusion: New Beginnings
- Notes
- Index
- Backmatter