Religion Without Redemption - Social Contradictions and Awakened Dreams in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Luis Martinez Andrade is a Mexican essayist, with a PhD in sociology from EHESS in Paris. In 2009 he received the internationally acclaimed Thinking Against the Mainstream essay award in Havana. He is the author of Religion Without Redemption (Pluto, 2015). Klappentext An account of modern liberation theory in today's Capitalistic Latin America Zusammenfassung An account of modern liberation theory in today’s Capitalistic Latin America Foreword by Michael Lowy Prologue Part One: Entelechies And Cathedrals 1: Civilising Paradigms And Colonial Atavisms: Power And Social Sciences 2: The Shopping Mall As The Paradigmatic Figure Of Necolonial Discourse. Racism And Power In Latin America. Part Two: Utopia And Liberation 3: The Portentous Eclosion Of The Principle Of Hope: Ernst Bloch And Liberation 4: The Gun Powder Of The Dwarf: Unearthly Reflections On Contemporary Political Philosophy 5: Tendencies And Latencies Of Liberation Theology In The Twenty-First Century Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Luis Martinez Andrade, Luis Martínez Andrade, Andrade Martinez, Luis Martinez &Rade, Luis Martinez Andrade
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2015
• EAN: 9780745335728
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3572-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons; Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, History of Ideas, RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Religion: general, Political science & theory, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political science and theory