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Theology and Marxism in Eagleton and Žižek 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd ii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd iiii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM Theology and Marxism in Eagleton and Žižek A Conspiracy of Hope Ola Sigurdson 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd iiiiii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM THEOLOGY AND MARXISM IN EAGLETON AND ŽIŽEK Copyright © Ola Sigurdson, 2012. All rights reserved. First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. I SBN: 978–0–2 30–3 4011–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sigurdson, Ola, 1966– Theology and Marxism in Eagleton and Žižek: a conspiracy of hope / Ola Sigurdson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–0–230–34011–4 1. Philosophical theology. 2. Philosophy, Marxist. 3. Eagleton, Terry, 1943– 4. Žižek, Slavoj. I. Title. BT40.S56 2012 261.2(cid:2)1—dc23 2011046766 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. D esign by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: May 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd iivv 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM To Johannes 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd vv 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd vvii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Ideology as Idolatry or Vice Versa 27 3 The Need for Faith 63 4 God, Evil, and Freedom 109 5 An Arrested Dialogue: Eagleton and Žižek 1 45 6 An Anatomy of Hope 163 Notes 205 Bibliography 231 I ndex of Names 2 41 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd vviiii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd vviiiiii 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4400 AAMM Acknowledgments This book has been written in an office with a view of Trinity Church in Princeton, New Jersey, not far from the house where Thomas Mann spent a productive couple of years between 1938 and 1941. It is thus with some symbolic significance of place that I express my gratitude to the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) for their hospitality during the academic year 2010–2011. Its director Willam Storrar, its asso- ciate director Thomas J. Hastings, and its assistant Jeanie Mathew have all been constantly at work during this year, creating the utmost conditions for scholarly work in a multidisciplinary setting, and my colleagues—and friends!—at CTI, Ann Astell, Brian Daley, and Gijsbert van den Brink, have kept the spirit of discussion and debate high. I thank them all. I am grateful to The Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation for a start-up grant that made it possible to write the application to the Swedish Research Council that eventually provided funding for a three-year research project, the result of which is this book and my sincere thanks. Many thanks also to the Swedish Fulbright Commission for facilitating our entrance to the United States with a visiting scholarship as well as the generous support of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond that made the stay possible for our entire family. The Wenner-Gren Foundation as well as Helge Ax:son Johnson’s Foundation contributed kindly to the same aim. My best ideas are usually, to begin with, the ideas of my friends, so I thank Jayne Svenungsson, Stockholm, for suggesting that I should read Žižek in the first place; although this project, it needs to be said, is my own responsibility. Appreciated is also the helpful suggestions I have received from the following friends and colleagues in earlier or later stages of the process: Niels-Henrik Gregersen, Copenhagen, Eric Gregory, Princeton, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Oslo, Werner G. Jeanrond, Glasgow, Hans Joas, Berlin, Maria Johansen, Göteborg, Sven-Eric Liedman, Göteborg, Charles T. Mathewes, Charlottesville, George 99778800223300334400111144__0011__pprree..iinndddd iixx 33//22//22001122 1111::0088::4411 AAMM

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Taking its cue from the renewed interest in theology among Marxist and politically radical philosophers or thinkers, this study inquires into the reasons for this interest in theology focusing on the British literary theorist Terry Eagleton and the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Ži
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