In The Theological Metaphors of Marx, Enrique Dussel provides a groundbreaking combination of Marxology, theology, and ethical theory. Dussel shows that Marx unveils the theology of capitalism in his critique of commodity fetishization. Capitalism constitutes an idolatry of the commodity that undergirds the capitalist expropriation of labor. Dussel examines Marx’s early writings on religion and fetishism and proceeds through what Dussel refers to as the four major drafts of Capital, ultimately situating Marx’s philosophical, economic, ethical, and historical insights in relation to the theological problems of his time. Dussel notes a shift in Marx’s underlying theological schema from a political critique of the state to an economic critique of the commodity fetish as the Devil, or anti-God, of modernity. Marx’s thought, impact, and influence cannot be fully understood without Dussel’s historic reinterpretation of the theological origins and implications of Marx’s critiques of political economy and politics.
Author(s): Enrique Dussel, Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, Eduardo Mendieta
Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 248
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Contents
Translator’s Note, by Camilo Pérez-Bustillo
Foreword: On Karl Marx’s Negative Meta-Theology, by Eduardo Mendieta
Preliminary Words, by Enrique Dussel
Prologue to the English-Language Edition: The Criticism of Theology as the Criticism of Economics, by Enrique Dussel
Part I: The Critique of Fetishism
1: Fetishism in the Young Marx, 1835–1857
2: Fetishism in the Four Versions of Capital, 1857–1882
3: A Critique of Capital’s Fetishistic Character
Part II: Theological “Metaphors”
4: Marx’s “Metaphorical” Theology
5: The Cultic Sacrifice of the Fetish: The Use of Biblical Texts
6: Marx’s Atheism and That of the Prophets of Israel
Appendix: The Epistemological Decolonization of Theology
Notes
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