A Materialism for the Masses
Subtitle: Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Feb 25, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780231166904
Description: 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 difference espoused by Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ward Blanton argues that genealogical interventions into the political economies of Western cultural memory do not go far enough in relation to teh imagine founder of Christianity.
Notes: Source title: A Materialism for the Masses: Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture)