No bosses, no gods : Marx, Engels, and the twenty-first century study of religion
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No bosses, no gods : Marx, Engels, and the twenty-first century study of religion
（Religion and reason, v. 68）
De Gruyter, c2023
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Includes translations from the German
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index
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Flagging enrollments. Disappearing majors. Closed departments. The academic study of religion is in trouble. No Bosses, No Gods argues that Karl Marx is essential for reversing course-but it will take letting go of what most scholars think they know about him.
The book's first half draws on the scholarship of international specialists-as well as new translations of the original German texts-to present Marx the anti-theorist, a political journalist deeply skeptical about what happens when the professoriate sits down to "theorize" about social worlds. The second half appeals to this modified portrait of Marx and charts a new course beyond both actually existing religious studies and contemporary genealogies of the religion category. The result, perhaps, is an academic study of religion worth having in the twenty-first century.
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