Religion and Marxism - An Introduction - Paul-Francois Tremlett
Hegemony, Ideology, and Religion: Althusser, Gramsci, and the Embrace of Uncertainty
Religion and Marxism - An Introduction - Paul-Francois Tremlett
Paul-Francois Tremlett [+]
Open University
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Paul-François Tremlett is a senior lecturer in religious studies at the Open University. His research interests include classical and contemporary anthropological and sociological theories of religion and the broad constitution of religion as a site of study in societies experiencing rapid social change. He is the author of Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions (Bloomsbury 2021) and co-edited Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances (Equinox, 2020). He also co-edits the Bloomsbury Series ‘Religion, Space and Place’.
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This chapter introduces Althusser’s concept of ideology and Gramsci’s concept of hegemony and reflects on how Althusser and Gramsci modify key aspects of Marx’s thought. It also introduces some more recent developments in Marxist thought such as Stuart Hall’s “marxism without guarantees”.