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18 - Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2020

By
Gilbert Achcar
Edited by
Marcello Musto
Marcello Musto
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
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Religion is one of the issues on which the Marxian corpus – the writings authored or co-authored by Karl Marx himself – is deficient. Although there are plenty of references to religion in Marx’s oeuvre, his most quoted statements on the topic belong to the initial transitional phase in his intellectual trajectory during which his break with the Young Hegelians unfolded.

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The Marx Revival
Key Concepts and New Critical Interpretations
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Edited by Marcello Musto, York University, Toronto
  • Book: The Marx Revival
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316338902.019
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  • Edited by Marcello Musto, York University, Toronto
  • Book: The Marx Revival
  • Online publication: 29 May 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316338902.019
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