Althusser and theology : : religion, politics and philosophy / / edited by Agon Hamza.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 124
• TeilnehmendeR: Hamza, Agon, 1984-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 124.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Religion has always been an object of philosophical analysis, as well as a platform for political practice. One cannot imagine a form of philosophical thinking without its relation to a religion, whether it negates or affirms the latter. In different philosophical orientations, religion also serves as a condition for philosophy. Althusser and Theology intends not so much to fill a gap in Althusser scholarship as to make an important contribution to the contemporary radical left movement. In this regard, Althusser and Theology is of significant importance in the current debates on the Left concerning its relation to theology. It will also contribute to the ongoing debate on Althusser, as well as opening up a new perspective on his philosophical project. Contributors are: Roland Boer, Stanislas Breton, Isa Blumi, Geoff Pfeifer, Agon Hamza, Warren Montag, Vittorio Morfino, Knox Peden, Panagiotis Sotiris, Ted Stolze, Jana Tsoneva, and Gabriel Tupinambá.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Agon Hamza -- Introduction: Althusser’s Christian Marxism / Agon Hamza -- Althusser and Religion / Stanislas Breton -- Althusser’s Religious Revolution / Roland Boer -- Althusser and the Problem of Eschatology / Warren Montag -- Christianity as a Condition / Agon Hamza -- Splitting Althusser at the Point of Religion / Gabriel Tupinambá -- Between Hegel and Marx: History and Theology in the Early Althusser / Geoff Pfeifer -- Althusser’s Spinozism and the Problem of Theology / Knox Peden -- Eschatology à la Cantonade: Althusser beyond Derrida / Vittorio Morfino -- Paul of Tarsus, Thinker of the Conjuncture / Ted Stolze -- From the ‘Hidden God’ to the Materialism of the Encounter: Althusser and Pascal / Panagiotis Sotiris -- From the ‘International of Decent Feelings’ to the International of Decent Actions: Althusser’s Relevance for the Environmental Conjuncture of Late Capitalism / Jana Tsoneva -- Battles of Nostalgic Proportion: The Transformations of Islam-as-Historical-Force in the Ideological Matrix of a Self-Affirming ‘West’ / Isa Blumi -- Bibliography / Agon Hamza -- Index / Agon Hamza.