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SUMMARY:IAHR Kongress ||| Vortrag
DTSTART:20150828T133000Z
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DTSTAMP:20260516T090308Z
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DESCRIPTION:Enslaving the Creator: Analogies of Religion and Capital in th
 e early and late Works of Karl Marx\nJens Schlamelcher (CERES)\nWhat  are 
 the differences between 'economy' and 'religion'? How can we grasp  the re
 lation between these two 'spheres'\, 'fields' or 'functional  systems'? Th
 ese questions are still paramount in the sociology of  religion. Recent ap
 proaches such as proposed in the new paradigm of  economics of religion te
 nd to deny any differences between them\,  conceiving religionas just anot
 her 'market'. As this paper will show\,  the classic Karl Marx has found m
 ore subtle answers to these questions.  This presentation aims to revisit 
 his insights and show the intrinsic  analogies between religion and capita
 l in his theory. Marx never  questioned Feuerbach's thesis of religion as 
 a human invention resulting  in subordination. However\, he revealed that 
 capital functions in  precisely the same way on a material plane. Second\,
  Marx proved that  capitalist modes of exploitation can\, due to its gener
 ic production of  'false consciousness'\, ignore religion as a primary jus
 tification for  material exploitation.Thus\, Marx offers an understanding 
 of both  modernity and re-sacralization at the same time.\nVortrag im Rahm
 en des Panels: Economy and religion beyond neoclassical economics of relig
 ion (28-320 | 134)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/iahrpaper2807_32/
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