{"product_id":"feuerbach-and-the-interpretation-of-religion-paperback-9780521586306","title":"Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion (Paperback) 9780521586306","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFeuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA significant revisionist account of Feuerbach's theory of religion, by a senior American scholar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVan A. Harvey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521586306, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 March 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.455 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Van Harvey's study of Feuerbach offers one of the most extensive re-evaluations of Feuerbach this century.  It should become a major source for refocusing upon this thinker who is germaine to the study of religion.  This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book which is destined to become a classic in Feuerbach studies and essential reading for all engaged in the social-scientific study of religious belief.\"    Thomas Hobbes, Word Trade\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLudwig Feuerbach is traditionally regarded as a significant but transitional figure in the development of nineteenth-century German thought. Readings of Feuerbach's 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 book, Van Harvey claims that this is a limited and inadequate view of Feuerbach's work, especially of his critique of religion. The author argues that Feuerbach's philosophical development led him to a much more complex and interesting theory of religion which he expounded in works which have been virtually ignored hitherto. By exploring these works, Harvey gives them a significant contemporary re-statement, and brings Feuerbach into conversation with a number of modern theorists of religion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on the text and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Projection' in The Essence of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 2. The interpretative strategy informing The Essence of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 3. The criticism of religion in The Essence of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Feuerbach's intellectual development\u003cbr\u003e 5. The new bipolar model of religion\u003cbr\u003e 6. The new interpretative strategy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Feuerbach and contemporary projection theories\u003cbr\u003e 8. Feuerbach, anthropomorphism, and the need for religious illusion\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004692320536,"sku":"9780521586306","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521586306i_3ee995c7-00d9-4e37-92aa-89eafccb60bd.jpg?v=1691370085","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/feuerbach-and-the-interpretation-of-religion-paperback-9780521586306","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}