Religion and Marxism - Tremlett, Paul-Francois
24,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
payback
12 °P sammeln
  • Broschiertes Buch

This concise and accessible introduction brings the ideas of Marx as well as later thinkers in the Marxist tradition into focus in relation to questions of religion, social change and social justice. Karl Marx was a nineteenth century thinker trying to develop a theory to explain the dramatic social and technological changes that he lived through. Later thinkers modified and developed key elements of Marx's theoretical model, with religion-particularly Christianity-providing a critical point of reflection. This book tracks these modifications and developments to Marx's ideas, and their continuing relevance today.…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
This concise and accessible introduction brings the ideas of Marx as well as later thinkers in the Marxist tradition into focus in relation to questions of religion, social change and social justice. Karl Marx was a nineteenth century thinker trying to develop a theory to explain the dramatic social and technological changes that he lived through. Later thinkers modified and developed key elements of Marx's theoretical model, with religion-particularly Christianity-providing a critical point of reflection. This book tracks these modifications and developments to Marx's ideas, and their continuing relevance today.
Autorenporträt
Paul-François Tremlett is a senior lecturer in religious studies at the Open University.His research interests include classical and contemporary anthropological and sociologicaltheories of religion and the broad constitution of religion as a site of study in societies experiencing rapid social change. He is the author of Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions (Bloomsbury 2021)and co-edited Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances (Equinox, 2020). He also co-edits the Bloomsbury Series 'Religion, Spaceand Place'.