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Book SynopsisIn the Vale of Tears brings to a culmination the project for a renewed and enlivened debate over the interaction between Marxism and religion. The book simultaneously draws upon the rich insights of a significant number of Western Marxists and strikes out on its own. Thus, it argues for the crucial role of political myth on the Left; explores the political ambivalence at the heart of Christianity; challenges the bent among many on the Left to favour the unexpected rupture of kairos as a key to revolution. The conclusion to the series 'The Criticism of Heaven and Earth'.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Of Old Timber and Lovers On Theology Relativising Theology Theological Suspicion Synopsis 1. Atheism Banishing the Gods? Marxism and Theology Conclusion 2. Myth Prolegomenon Political Myth Anticipation, or Utopia For Example Conclusion 3. Ambivalence Scandal and Folly Folly to the Rich Towards a Marxist Theory of Political Ambivalence The Unwitting The Witting By Way of Conclusion 4. History Method: Search for an Anti-Fulcrum Paul’s Shaky Transitions The Fate of Christian Communism 5. Kairós At the Crossroads of Time Eschatology Ákairos Measure and Immeasure (Negri) By Way of Conclusion: Political Grace 6. Ethics Ethics, Morality and Moralising Care of the Self Greasing the Other Towards Ethical Insurgency Conclusion 7. Idols That Hideous Pagan Idol: Marx and Fetishism On Graven Images: From Liberation Theology to Theodor Adorno Conclusion Conclusion: On Secularism, Transcendence and Death Secular and Anti-Secular Transgressive Transcendence Death References Index
