Future(s) of the Revolution and the Reformation

This volume brings together philosophers, social theorists, and theologians in order to investigate the relation between future(s) of the Revolution and future(s) of the Reformation. It offers reflections on concepts and interpretations of revolution and reformation that are relevant for the analysis of future-oriented political practices and political theologies of the present time.

Autorentext

Elena Namli is Professor of Theological Ethics at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Inhalt

Introduction

Part I

Revolution as a Political Category

Reformation and Revolution: Reflections on Luther, Lenin, and Liberal Democracy in Dark Times

Revolution as a Politics of Time-Space: From Enlightenment Modernity to Advanced Globality

Revolution and Universality: Interpreting the Time and Age of the Haitian Revolution 17911804

What May Be Wrong with the "End" in the End-of-Revolution Thesis?

Part II

Antonio Gramsci, A Marxist Admirer of the Protestant Reformation

The Riddle of the Reformation and the Mystery of Revolution

On Revolution in Lutheran Political Ethics

Return to Our Own: Revolution, Religion and Culture in Amilcar Cabral and Ali Shariati

The Parallel Power System as an Alternative to Revolution and Passivity