In this episode, we discuss Terry Eagleton’s defense of religion. We focus on his diagnoses of the Enlightenment, modernism, and post-modernism as different kinds of post-religious movements. Post-modernism is the only “truly atheist” one, which is one reason it got along with capitalism so well. We also talk a lot about social and spiritual meaning and their importance to Left wing political projects.This is just a short teaser of the full episode. To hear the rest, please subscribe to us on Patreon:<a href='http://patreon.com/leftofphilosophy'>patreon.com/leftofphilosophy</a>References:Terry Eagleton, Culture and the Death of God (Yale University Press, 2014).Terry Eagleton, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (Yale University Press, 2009). Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great (Atlantic Books, 2007).Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Bantam Press, 2006).Music:“Vintage Memories” by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com“My Space” by Overu |<a href='https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN'> https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we discuss Terry Eagleton’s defense of religion. We focus on his diagnoses of the Enlightenment, modernism, and post-modernism as different kinds of post-religious movements. Post-modernism is the only “truly atheist” one, which is one reason it got along with capitalism so well. We also talk a lot about social and spiritual meaning and their importance to Left wing political projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is just a short teaser of the full episode. To hear the rest, please subscribe to us on Patreon:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/leftofphilosophy'&gt;patreon.com/leftofphilosophy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;References:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terry Eagleton, &lt;em&gt;Culture and the Death of God &lt;/em&gt;(Yale University Press, 2014).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terry Eagleton, &lt;em&gt;Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate&lt;/em&gt; (Yale University Press, 2009). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christopher Hitchens, &lt;em&gt;God is Not Great &lt;/em&gt;(Atlantic Books, 2007).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Dawkins, &lt;em&gt;The God Delusion &lt;/em&gt;(Bantam Press, 2006).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Music:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Vintage Memories” by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“My Space” by Overu |&lt;a href='https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN'&gt; https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this episode, we discuss Terry Eagleton’s defense of religion. We focus on his diagnoses of the Enlightenment, modernism, and post-modernism as different kinds of post-religious movements. Post-modernism is the only “truly atheist” one, which is one reason it got along with capitalism so well. We also talk a lot about social and spiritual meaning and their importance to Left wing political projects. This is just a short teaser of the full episode. To hear the rest, please subscribe to us o...

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