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Marx on Religion
Raines
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Description for Marx on Religion
Paperback. Offers full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. This book shows how he had a far more complex understanding of religious belief and how his ideas on religion were intimately tied to his inquiries into political economy, revolution, social change, and the philosophical questions of the self. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHBA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Few people would ever expect that Karl Marx is the writer of the above statement. He not only wrote it, but he did so in the same breath of his more famous dictum that "religion is the opiate of the masses." How can one reconcile such different perspectives on the power and ubiquity of religion? In this compact reader of Marx's essential thought on religion, John Raines offers the full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. Through a careful selection of essays, articles, pamphlets, and letters, Raines shows that Marx ... Read more
Few people would ever expect that Karl Marx is the writer of the above statement. He not only wrote it, but he did so in the same breath of his more famous dictum that "religion is the opiate of the masses." How can one reconcile such different perspectives on the power and ubiquity of religion? In this compact reader of Marx's essential thought on religion, John Raines offers the full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. Through a careful selection of essays, articles, pamphlets, and letters, Raines shows that Marx ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566399401
SKU
V9781566399401
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About Raines
John Raines is Professor of Religion at Temple University. He is the author of over a half-dozen books, including, most recently, What Men Owe to Women: Men's Voices from World Religions.
Reviews for Marx on Religion
"Like the Hebrew prophets of old, Marx knew that to speak of social justice we must become socially self-critical, and that means becoming critical of the ruling powers-whether they be kings or priests or investment bankers... For Marx, all ideas are relative to the social location and interests of their production. And like the prophets before him, the most revealing ... Read more