Dussel The Theological Metaphors of Marx

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2790-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Enrique Dussel provides a groundbreaking combination of Marxology, theology, and ethical theory, showing that Marx unveils the theology of capitalism in his critique of commodity fetishization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dussel, Enrique

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mendieta, Eduardo

Camilo Perez-Bustillo, Perez-Bustillo

Pérez-Bustillo, Camilo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Befreiungstheologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator’s Note / Camilo Pérez-Bustillo vii
Foreword: On Karl Marx’s Negative Meta-Theology / Eduardo Mendieta xi
Preliminary Words / Enrique Dussel xxi
Prologue to the English-Language Edition: The Criticism of Theology as the Criticism of Economics / Enrique Dussel xxxiii
Part I: The Critique of Fetishism 1
1. Fetishism in the Young Marx, 1835–1857 3
2. Fetishism in the Four Versions of Capital, 1857–1882 24
3. A Critique of Capital’s Fetishistic Character 46
Part II: Theological “Metaphors” 73
4. Marx’s “Metaphorical” Theology 75
5. The Cultic Sacrifice of the Fetish: The Use of Biblical Texts 107
6. Marx’s Atheism and That of the Prophets of Israel 141
Appendix: The Epistemological Decolonization of Theology 159
Notes 169
Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

Enrique Dussel (1934–2023) was Emeritus Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, and the author of many books, including Twenty Theses on Politics and Ethics of Liberation: In the Age of Globalization and Exclusion, both also published by Duke University Press.

Camilo Pérez-Bustillo is coauthor of Human Rights, Hegemony, and Utopia in Latin America.

Eduardo Mendieta is Professor of Philosophy and Latina/o Studies at Pennsylvania State University.