Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion

Name: Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion
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ISBN: 9780521470490

ISBN-10: 0521470498

ISBN-13: 9780521470490

Edition: 1995

Authors: Van A. Harvey

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Ludwig Feuerbach is traditionally regarded as a significant but transitional figure in the development of nineteenth-century German thought. Readings of Feuerbachs The Essence of Christianity tend to focus on those features which made it seem liberating to the Young Hegelians: namely, its criticism of reification as abstraction, and its interpretation of religion as alienation. In this long-awaited book, the first of an important new series, Van Harvey claims that this is a limited and inadequate view of Feuerbachs work, especially of his critique of religion. The author argues that Feuerbachs philosophical development led him to a much more complex and interesting theory of religion which…

Book details

List price: $62.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/27/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 329
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Note on the text and abbreviations


Introduction



ï¿½Projectionï¿½ in The Essence of Christianity



The interpretative strategy informing The Essence of Christianity



The criticism of religion in The Essence of Christianity



Feuerbachï¿½s intellectual development



The new bipolar model of religion



The new interpretative strategy and Feuerbach and contemporary projection theories



Feuerbach, anthropomorphism, and the need for religious illusion