Critique of Earth (Paperback)

Arend Theodoor van Leeuwen

ISBN 10: 0227170393 / ISBN 13: 9780227170397

Published by James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge, 2003

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Paperback. The second series of van Leeuwen's Gifford Lectures examines the young Karl Marx's developing thought, of importance to those studying Marx and those involved in Marxist-Christian dialogue. The author examines the "transmutation" from the critique of heaven into the critique of earth. His thesis is that Marx's critique of religion is seen not in his opposition to "religion", but in his ideas on political economy. This thesis is undergirded with analysis of Marx's critique of political economy from 1842 to "Das Kapital". Marx's biography works itself out at three levels of critique: from religion via politics to political economy. "Das Kapital" sums up the whole of Marx's thought. The analysis of the "mystical character of commodities" is both the key to the critique of Christianity, "with its cult of abstract man", and the key to the critique of political economy, the fetishism of which "emerges clear as the noon-day, whenever it has to do with capital". The second series of van Leeuwen's Gifford Lectures examines the young Karl Marx's developing thought, of importance to those studying Marx and those involved in Marxist-Christian dialogue. He suggests that Marx's critique of religion is seen in his ideas on political economy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Critique of Earth (Paperback)
• Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0227170393
• ISBN 13: 9780227170397
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Short description: The second series of van Leeuwen's Gifford Lectures under the overall title of "Critique of Heaven and Earth," examining the young Karl Marx?

About the Author

Arendt Theodoor van Leeuwen was associate Professor of Christian Social Ethics in the Catholic University of Nijmegen (Holland). He is also the author of: Christianity in World History (1946).