A Jamesonian theory of theological practice: a critical response to the work of Roland Boer

In a conjuncture marked by the “resurgence of religion,” the problem of historical materialism’s relation to religious ideologies has acquired a new urgency. The work of Roland Boer, recently awarded the Deutscher Prize for his magnum opus on Marxism and Theology poses this question from a surprising perspective. While his main claim is that religious influences in Marxist theory represent a sort of theological unconscious in historical materialism, at the same time Boer also advances an original Marxist interpretation of the Abrahamic religions, especially Christianity. This line of research, which extends from his dissertation on Jameson and Jeroboam through to his most recent work on The Sacred Economy, proposes that theology is a reflective representation of the social totality. In this article, I criticise Boer’s valorisation of theology as a practical discourse that is post-ideological but non-theoretical, and conclude by indicating an alternative.

Das ideias de Roland Barthes à teoria do enquadramento: análise de uma cobertura política

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

ROLAND BARTHES AND THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

This article begins at Barthes lecture of Tolstoy's War and Peace, to understand some writing moves observed at the manuscript of his novel "Vita Nova". To reach this purpose, we find an element in Tolstoy's book he intended to develop in his novel: the fight of Good and Evil, developed in the last text by written Barthes before dying.

Roland Barthes e o combate do bem e do mal

O presente artigo parte da releitura de Barthes de Guerra e paz, de Tolstoi, para entender alguns movimentos de escritura presentes nos manuscritos de seu romance "Vita Nova". Para isso, procuramos encontrar um elemento no livro de Tolstoi que ele pretendia desenvolver em seu romance: o combate do Bem e do Mal, questão desenvolvida no último texto escrito por Barthes antes de morrer.

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 859 - Klarstellung der nichtbeabsichtigten Heirat mit dem Verehrer namens Roland

abgedruckt in: Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch 55 (1974), S. 48-49

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 857 - Bestätigung der nicht beabsichtigten Heirat mit ihrem Verehrer Roland

u.a. Cholera;

Roland als Mathéa, Rollenbild, in: Casimir Gide: La Tarentule

Signatur des Originals: S 36/G12042