Karl Marx’s Criticism on Religion

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  • Juhansar Andi Latief CRCS Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta

Keywords:

religion, criticism, Marx

Abstract

This article discusses about the uniqueness of religion among other academic disciplines. Religion is almost exclusively approached as an object of study. This paper presents a descriptive criticism of Islam in Marx's critique of religion. The study then found that Islam and Marxism is essentially a contradiction particularly striking in view of the unity-an. Marx, based on the philosophy of Marxism; man- made ​​religion and religion does not make the man. However, Muslims believe in the spiritual concept of the infinite in which Islam describes the man as the ground; land; ground, or it can be said that religion, in this case, God created man, not vice versa.

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Published

2011-12-01

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