Criticism of Heaven

On Marxism and Theology

Bibliographic Data

ID19945441
AuthorsRoland Boer (0000-0002-8355-2737, Institute for Literature, corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-07-30
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCriticism of Heaven (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004161115.i-472
OpenAlexW4213079004
Open LibraryOL29583557M
ISBN9789004161115
LanguageEN
Citations received20

This volume consists of a critical commentary on the interactions between Marxism and theology in the work of the major figures of Western Marxism. It deals with the theological writings of Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Louis Althusser, Henri Lefebvre, Antonio Gramsci, Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Žižek and Theodor Adorno. In many cases their theological writings are dealt with for the first time in this book. It is surprising how much theological material there is and how little commentators have dealt with it. Apart from the critical engagement with the way they use theology, the book also explores how their theological writings infiltrate and enrich their Marxist work. The book has three parts: Biblical Marxists (Bloch and Benjamin), Catholic Marxists (Althusser, Lefebvre, Gramsci and Eagleton), and the Protestant Turn (Žižek and Adorno)

Art · Art history · Criticism · Heaven · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Politics · Protestantism · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci · Religious studies · Communism and Christianity · Communism and religion · Marxist