The Theological Metaphors of Marx

Enrique Dussel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2024
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-2103-2 (ISBN)

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In The Theological Metaphors of Marx, Enrique Dussel provides a groundbreaking combination of Marxology, theology, and ethical theory. Dussel shows that Marx unveils the theology of capitalism in his critique of commodity fetishization. Capitalism constitutes an idolatry of the commodity that undergirds the capitalist expropriation of labor. Dussel examines Marx’s early writings on religion and fetishism and proceeds through what Dussel refers to as the four major drafts of Capital, ultimately situating Marx’s philosophical, economic, ethical, and historical insights in relation to the theological problems of his time. Dussel notes a shift in Marx’s underlying theological schema from a political critique of the state to an economic critique of the commodity fetish as the Devil, or anti-God, of modernity. Marx’s thought, impact, and influence cannot be fully understood without Dussel’s historic reinterpretation of the theological origins and implications of Marx’s critiques of political economy and politics.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Übersetzer	Camilo Pérez-Bustillo
Vorwort	Eduardo Mendieta
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4780-2103-9 / 1478021039
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-2103-2 / 9781478021032
Zustand	Neuware