Abstract
Althusser writes about the Christian religious ideology in the same paper. Given the content and the aim of this book, we will talk about the Church as an Ideological State Apparatus. Apart from theological writings, Althusser has written two ecclesiologic papers, which can, or rather should, be understood as an attempt to “draw lines of demarcation” in the French long tradition of the debate on materialism of the Church. Althusser was well aware of the reactionary character of the Church, as a medieval and feudal remnant that persists in our capitalist societies. He goes far enough to compare the Church with the sick man and its words fail to attract the ears of the contemporary men:
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Althusser 2001.
- 2.
Althusser 2014, p. 191.
- 3.
Ibid., p.193.
- 4.
Ibid., p.192.
- 5.
Ibid.
- 6.
It is very interesting why Althusser used the word “transfer State power” for a revolutionary transformation of the relations of productions and all of social structures as such.
- 7.
Althusser 2001, p. 102.
- 8.
Ibid., p. 104.
- 9.
Althusser 2014, p. 194.
- 10.
Ibid., p. 195.
- 11.
Ibid., p. 201.
- 12.
Ibid., p. 199.
- 13.
Ibid.
- 14.
Ibid., pp. 199–200.
- 15.
Ibid., p. 201.
- 16.
Strangeness of employing this word.
- 17.
Althusser 2014, p. 203.
- 18.
Ibid., p. 202.
- 19.
Ibid., p. 203.
- 20.
Ibid., p. 204.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hamza, A. (2016). Church as an Ideological State Apparatus. In: Althusser and Pasolini. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56652-2_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56652-2_15
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-56651-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-56652-2
eBook Packages: Religion and PhilosophyPhilosophy and Religion (R0)