Criticism of theology : on Marxism and theology III / / by Roland Boer.
Criticism of Theology provides a detailed and critical commentary on the continued fascination with religion by yet more significant Marxist philosophers, historians and critics: Max Horkheimer, E.P. Thompson, G.E.M. de Ste. Croix, Michael Löwy, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari and Ant...
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Superior document: | Historical materialism book series, v. 27 |
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Superstitions of Max Horkheimer
- Religion as resistance
- Longing for the totally other
- The founder
- On freedom and the individual
- Atheism and resistance
- Honest religion
- Religion betrayed
- The state
- On the Jewish state
- Liberal theology
- Religion in the bad sense, or, the dialectic of evil
- Conclusion: Modalities of the dialectic of religion
- 2. The Dissent of E.P. Thompson
- Corrupt parsons and the impetuous Irish
- The 'psychic terror' of Methodism
- Religious terrorism
- Moral machinery
- Political reaction
- Radicals in the ranks
- The ambivalence of the Methodists
- William Blake and the politics of radical dissent
- Antinomianism, or, justification by faith
- Muggletonian Marxists
- Radical dissent
- Poetry and apocalyptic
- Anti-nuclear
- Political Christmas
- Conclusion
- 3. The Zeal of G.E.M. de Ste. Croix
- The politics of style
- Theology
- Chora versus polis
- From chora to polis: property, slavery and women
- Assessment
- Fall narratives
- On contradiction
- Religion as primary cause
- ... And history
- Class
- Trade and property
- Mode of production
- Conclusion: Ste. Croix among Marxists and theologians
- 4. The Alchemy of Michael Löwy
- Elective affinities
- Emergence
- Untidy corners and sexy dialectics
- Liberation theology
- Roman-Catholic social teaching
- The ontological reserve
- One or many?
- Conclusion
- 5. The Myths of Roland Barthes
- Between description and accusation
- Basics
- Baleful deformations of language
- Desperate resistance
- Dialectics of opposition
- Hiding something?
- Producing and concealing opposition
- Preserving rebellion
- The cunning of myth
- Alternative myths
- Towards utopia
- Conclusion
- 6. The Flights of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
- Going tribal, or, primitive pre-signifiers
- Numbers and nomads, or, the counter-signifying régime
- In bed with the despot, or, the signifying régime
- The scapegoat's arse
- From outside to inside
- Oriental despots
- On the tail of the scapegoat, or, the post-signifying régime
- Conclusion
- 7. The Radical Homiletics of Antonio Negri
- Radical homiletics
- Philosophical commentary
- Kairós and ákairos
- Measure and immeasure
- The politics of cosmogony
- Negri's aporia
- Excursus on the Messiah
- Back to the whirlwind
- Conclusion.