No bosses, no gods: Marx, Engels, and the twenty-first century study of religion

Flagging enrollments. Disappearing majors. Closed departments. The academic study of religion is in trouble. No Bosses, No Gods argues that Karl Marx is essential for reversing course—but it will take letting go of what most scholars think they know about him. The book’s first half draws on the scho...

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Main Author: Day, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin De Gruyter [2023]
In: Religion and reason (Volume 68)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Religion and reason Volume 68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marx, Karl 1818-1883 / Engels, Friedrich 1820-1895 / Religion / Science of Religion
Further subjects:B Friedrich Engels
B Religious Studies
B Religion
B PHILOSOPHY / Religious
B Marx, Karl
B Marxian school of sociology
B Religion and sociology
B Socialism and religion
B Science of Religion
B Religion Study and teaching Philosophy
B RELIGION / Philosophy
B Engels, Friedrich
B Karl Marx
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Summary:Flagging enrollments. Disappearing majors. Closed departments. The academic study of religion is in trouble. No Bosses, No Gods argues that Karl Marx is essential for reversing course—but it will take letting go of what most scholars think they know about him. The book’s first half draws on the scholarship of international specialists—as well as new translations of the original German texts—to present Marx the anti-theorist, a political journalist deeply skeptical about what happens when the professoriate sits down to "theorize" about social worlds. The second half appeals to this modified portrait of Marx and charts a new course beyond both actually existing religious studies and contemporary genealogies of the religion category. The result, perhaps, is an academic study of religion worth having in the twenty-first century
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 280 Seiten), Illustrationen
ISBN:978-3-11-106554-0
978-3-11-106589-2
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783111065540