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A Materialism for the Masses : Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life /

Nietzsche and Freud saw Christianity as metaphysical escapism, with Nietzsche calling the religion a "Platonism for the masses" and faulting Paul the apostle for negating more immanent, material modes of thought and political solidarity. Integrating this debate with the philosophies of dif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blanton, Ward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to Politics as Materialist Spiritualities: For a Postsecular "Return" of Paulinism
  • Platonism for the Masses: On the Sacred Cement Shoes of Paul the Apostle
  • 1. Contingency; or, Covenantal Comedy: In Praise of Strange Paulinist Federations
  • 2. On Being Called Dead: Splitting the Imperative of Being
  • 3. Insurrectionist Risk (Paul Among the Parrhesiasts)
  • 4. Singularity; or, Spiritual Exercise (Paul and the Philosophical Immanence of Foucault and Deleuze)
  • 5. Seizures of Chance: Paulinist Agencies in Neocapitalist Contexts
  • Conclusion: New Beginnings
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter