Future(s) of the Revolution and the Reformation

This volume brings together philosophers, social theorists, and theologians in order to investigate the relation between future(s) of the Revolution and future(s) of the Reformation. It offers reflections on concepts and interpretations of revolution and reformation that are relevant for the analysis of future-oriented political practices and political theologies of the present time. 

List of contents

Introduction.- Part I.- Revolution as a Political Category.- Reformation and Revolution: Reflections on Luther, Lenin, and Liberal Democracy in Dark Times.- Revolution as a Politics of Time-Space: From Enlightenment Modernity to Advanced Globality.- Revolution and Universality: Interpreting the Time and Age of the Haitian Revolution 1791-1804.- What May Be Wrong with the "End" in the End-of-Revolution Thesis?.- Part II.- Antonio Gramsci, A Marxist Admirer of the Protestant Reformation.- The Riddle of the Reformation and the Mystery of Revolution.- On Revolution in Lutheran Political Ethics.- Return to Our Own: Revolution, Religion and Culture in Amilcar Cabral and Ali Shariati.- The Parallel Power System as an Alternative to Revolution and Passivity.

About the author

Elena Namli is Professor of Theological Ethics at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Summary

This volume brings together philosophers, social theorists, and theologians in order to investigate the relation between future(s) of the Revolution and future(s) of the Reformation. It offers reflections on concepts and interpretations of revolution and reformation that are relevant for the analysis of future-oriented political practices and political theologies of the present time. 

Product details

• Assisted by: Elen Namli (Editor), Elena Namli (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030273033
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3027303-3
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 218 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 488 g
• Illustrations: XI, 268 p.
• Series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; B, Philosophy of religion, Religion and Philosophy, Religion—Philosophy, Europe, Eastern—History, History of specific lands, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Russia—History, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Lutheranism, Protestantism