Althusser and Theology: Religion, Politics and Philosophy

223 Pages·2016·1.96 MB·English

by  Agon Hamza

AlthusserandTheology
Historical Materialism
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SébastienBudgen(Paris)
DavidBroder(Rome)
SteveEdwards(London)
JuanGrigera(London)
MarcelvanderLinden(Amsterdam)
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Althusser and Theology
Religion,PoliticsandPhilosophy
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AgonHamza
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
ListofContributors x
Introduction:Althusser’sChristianMarxism 1
AgonHamza
1 AlthusserandReligion 7
StanislasBreton
2 Althusser’sReligiousRevolution 18
RolandBoer
3 AlthusserandtheProblemofEschatology 31
WarrenMontag
4 ChristianityasaCondition 47
AgonHamza
5 SplittingAlthusseratthePointofReligion 64
GabrielTupinambá
6 BetweenHegelandMarx:HistoryandTheologyintheEarly
Althusser 89
GeoffPfeifer
7 Althusser’sSpinozismandtheProblemofTheology 101
KnoxPeden
8 EschatologyàlaCantonade:AlthusserbeyondDerrida 115
VittorioMorfino
9 PaulofTarsus,ThinkeroftheConjuncture 129
TedStolze
10 Fromthe‘HiddenGod’totheMaterialismoftheEncounter:Althusser
andPascal 152
PanagiotisSotiris
viii contents
11 Fromthe‘InternationalofDecentFeelings’totheInternationalof
DecentActions:Althusser’sRelevancefortheEnvironmental
ConjunctureofLateCapitalism 168
JanaTsoneva
12 BattlesofNostalgicProportion:TheTransformationsof
Islam-as-Historical-ForceintheIdeologicalMatrixofaSelf-Affirming
‘West’ 182
IsaBlumi
Bibliography 199
Index 209
Acknowledgements
WorkingoneditedvolumesistheultimateAlthusseriangesture:acollective
workona‘particular’topic.AvolumeonAlthusser,therefore,isaproofofthis
proposition.IwanttoparticularlythankRolandBoerforthediscussionsinthe
veryearlystagesofconceptualisingthisproject.TedStolzebecameafriendand
a comrade and I want to thank him for his discussions, generosity and help
throughoutthisproject.PanagiotisSotirisandGeoffPfeiferwereveryhelpful
indiscussingvariousaspectsofthevolumesincetheinitialphases.
I also want to thank Serene John-Richards, Frank Ruda and Rodrigo Gon-
salveswhowereofagreathelpthroughouttheproject.Thisbookbenefiteda
lotfrommydiscussionswiththem.
Fromtheverybeginning,GabrielTupinambáwasafellowtravellerinthis
volume.Mostofmythinkingisnotseparablefromthediscussionswithhim,
andthisvolumeowesalottohim.