Marxism, Christianity and Islam : Taking Roger Garaudy's project seriously / Julian Roche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roche, Julian, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garaudy, Roger.

Communist revisionism.

Islamic renewal.

Church renewal.

Religion and culture.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2023]

Summary:

Roger Garaudy was for many years at the centre of the French Communist Party but was eventually expelled for his liberal views. In the Seventies, he strove to bring Marxism and Christianity together, to include all humanity in a project to set all people free. What emerges from Garaudy's project is a very modern Marxism, with its emphasis on the individual, its ecological politics, and in its insistence on religion as central to human emancipation. Although Garaudy himself became frustrated by the failure of Marxism and converted to Islam, eventually resulting in his work being discredited in the West, it is certainly possible that Garaudy's project represents a good, perhaps even the best, starting point for Marxism in today's world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Why Roger Garaudy Still Matters

2. Did Others Take Garaudy Seriously?

3. Garaudys Project

4. The Role of Subjectivity in the Project

5. The Role of Transcendence in the Project

6. Garaudys Conversion to Islam

7. The Project Revised

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-87192-84-0

OCLC:

1389887027