https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 The new Luther? Marx and the Reformation as revolution https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:14321 1. The monk in question, in whose brain those revolutionary thoughts first stirred, is of course Martin Luther. Luther? Why would Luther interest Marx? Let me begin my answer with a brief exegesis of the quoted text, which yields the following three points: the Reformation was revolutionary to some degree (theoretical); it constitutes the first of two revolutionary phases in German history, the second of which begins with a (contemporary) philosopher; that first revolution was in some respects incomplete, which is why the second is now required, although in the text Marx phrases the third statement in a way that recognises the abiding effect of the Reformation -- as the true setting of a problem. Boiled down, we are left with two issues, namely two phases of revolution and the nature of the Reformation as that first stage. In this sense, Marx's text has provided me with the major foci of the discussion that follows.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:15:42 AEST ]]> Marx and the Gospel of John https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9397 Sat 24 Mar 2018 10:47:08 AEDT ]]> The Leading Article in No. 179 of the Kolnische Zeitung: the young Marx and theology https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9399 Sat 24 Mar 2018 10:47:08 AEDT ]]> That hideous pagan idol: Marx, fetishism and Graven Images https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9385 Sat 24 Mar 2018 10:44:14 AEDT ]]> The forgetfulness of Julia Kristeva: psychoanalysis, Marxism and the taboo of the mother https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7748 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:41:50 AEDT ]]> Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:8628 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:40:19 AEDT ]]> Opium, idols and revolution: Marx and Engels on religion https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:13226 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:17:36 AEDT ]]> Feminist social theory https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9762 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:13:26 AEDT ]]>