Criticism of Heaven

Roland Boer

ISBN 10: 9004161112 / ISBN 13: 9789004161115

Published by BERTRAMS Aug 2007, 2007

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Neuware - Why do some of the major Marxists of the twentieth century engage extensively with theology What is the influence on their other work This book explores the instersections between Marxism and theology in the work of Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Louis Althusser, Henri Lefebvre, Antonio Gramsci, Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Zi ek and Theodor Adorno.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Criticism of Heaven
• Publisher: BERTRAMS Aug 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004161112
• ISBN 13: 9789004161115
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 160H x 33D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 33 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1031 grams

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Synopsis

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).

About the Author

Roland Boer, Ph.D. (1993) in Biblical Studies, McGill University, is Reader in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. He has published extensively in biblical studies, Marxism, postcolonism, cultural studies, literary theory and political theory, including Marxist Criticism of the Bible (Continuum 2003).