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Criticism of Theology: On Marxism and Theology III
Author(s): Roland Boer (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: December 17, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 376 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004189742
- ISBN-13: 9789004189744
Book Description
Criticism of Theology provides a detailed and critical commentary on the continued fascination with religion by yet more significant Marxist philosophers, historians and critics: Max Horkheimer, E.P. Thompson, G.E.M. de Ste. Croix, Michael Löwy, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari and Antonio Negri. Simultaneously critique and construction, Criticism of Theology carefully analyses their work through close textual readings, with a view to locating hidden gems that may be developed further. The book continues the project for a renewed and enlivened interaction between Marxism and religion, being the third of five volumes in the Criticism of Heaven and Earth series.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A great philosopher once wrote that ‘some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested’. The five volumes of Roland Boer’s magisterial series Marxism and Theology may well be all three.” – Matthew Sharpe, in: Arena Journal 41/42 (2013), [28]-58
About the Author
Roland Boer, Ph.D. (1993) in Biblical Studies, McGill University, is Research Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published extensively in theology, Marxism, biblical criticism and political theory. His most recent works are Criticism of Religion (2009), Political Myth (2009), Political Grace (2009) and Criticism of Heaven (2007).
