Althusser and Theology

Religion, Politics and Philosophy
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-29154-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 124, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Historical Materialism Book Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hamza, Agon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors

Introduction: Althusser’s Christian Marxism
Agon Hamza

Chapter 1
Althusser and Religion
Stanislas Breton

Chapter 2
Althusser’s Religious Revolution
Roland Boer

Chapter 3
Althusser and the Problem of Eschatology
Warren Montag

Chapter 4
Christianity as a Condition
Agon Hamza

Chapter 5
Splitting Althusser at the Point of Religion
Gabriel Tupinambá

Chapter 6
Between Hegel and Marx: History and Theology in the Early Althusser
Geoff Pfeifer

Chapter 7
Althusser’s Spinozism and the Problem of Theology
Knox Peden

Chapter 8
Escathology à la Cantonade: Althusser beyond Derrida
Vittorio Morfino

Chapter 9
Paul of Tarsus, Thinker of the Conjuncture
Ted Stolze

Chapter 10
From the ‘Hidden God’ to the Materialism of the Encounter: Althusser and Pascal
Panagiotis Sotiris

Chapter 11
From the ‘International of Decent Feelings’ to the International of Decent Actions: Althusser’s Relevance for the Environmental Conjuncture of Late Capitalism
Jana Tsoneva

Chapter 12
Battles of Nostalgic Proportion: The Transformations of Islam-as-Historical-Force in the Ideological Matrix of a Self-Affirming ‘West’
Isa Blumi

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Agon Hamza is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the international philosophical journal Crisis and Critique. His latest publications are Repeating Žižek (2015), a co-authored book with Slavoj Žižek, entitled From Myth to Symptom: The Case of Kosovo (2013) and Althusser and Pasolini: Philosophy, Marxism and Film (2016).