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115 produkter
Why Marx Was Right
Häftad, 2018
181 kr
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One of the foremost Marxist critics of his generation forcefully argues against Marx's irrelevancy"[Eagleton is] a witty, insightful thinker with a penchant for glib asides and wry dashes of humor. It’s probably the only book that makes references to Tiger Woods and Mel Gibson along with Charles …
How to Read Literature
Häftad, 2019
219 kr
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A literary master’s entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasureWhat makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and …
Materialism
Häftad, 2019
149 kr
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A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and cultureIn this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of …
Idea of Culture
Häftad, 2000
370 kr
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Terry Eagleton's book, in this vital new series from Blackwell, focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing to the general reader the contemporary debates around it.
The Meaning of Life
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2008
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130 kr
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'Philosophers have an infuriating habit of analysing questions rather than answering them', writes Terry Eagleton, who, in these pages, asks the most important question any of us ever ask, and attempts to answer it.So what is the meaning of life? In this witty, spirited, and stimulating inquiry, …
On Evil
Häftad, 2011
150 kr
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An impassioned argument for the existence of evil from one of the most respected and influential critics of our dayIn this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic …
After Theory
Häftad, 2004
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133 kr
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The golden age of cultural theory (the product of a decade and a half, from 1965 to 1980) is long past. We are living now in its aftermath, in an age which, having grown rich in the insights of thinkers like Althusser, Barthes and Derrida, has also moved beyond them. What kind of new, fresh …
Literary Theory
An Introduction
Häftad, 2008
329 kr
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A quarter of a century on from its original publication, Literary Theory: An Introduction still conjures the subversion, excitement and exoticism that characterized theory through the 1960s and 70s, when it posed an unprecedented challenge to the literary establishment. Eagleton has added a new …
How to Read a Poem
Häftad, 2006
329 kr
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Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its …
Reason, Faith, and Revolution
Reflections on the God Debate
Häftad, 2010
173 kr
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One of our most influential literary critics challenges those who too easily dismiss religion and faithTerry Eagleton’s witty and polemical Reason, Faith, and Revolution is bound to cause a stir among scientists, theologians, people of faith and people of no faith, as well as general readers eager …
Illusions of Postmodernism
Häftad, 1996
440 kr
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In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought.
Function of Criticism
From the Spectator to Post-Structuralism
Häftad, 2006
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309 kr
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This wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a "public sphere" in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this fragile culture brought on a crisis in criticism, …
Death of One's Own
Reflections on Mortality
Inbunden, 2026
267 kr
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An engaging, insightful meditation on death, from one of our leading mindsDeath is ever-present in literature. From Shakespearean tragedies to elegiac poetry, the spectre of human mortality has always haunted writers.In this wide-ranging and personal account, Terry Eagleton examines the ways in …
Hope Without Optimism
Häftad, 2019
133 kr
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In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to …
Walter Benjamin
Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism
Häftad, 2024
212 kr
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This momentous study of Benjamin's critical practice marks a sea change in Eagleton's thought. Its goal is not merely to contemplate Benjamin's approach to language, history, and art but to chart a dynamic new course for contemporary socialist criticism. To do this, Eagleton brushes Benjamin's …
Walter Benjamin
Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism
Häftad, 2009
318 kr
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From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theorist.
Oscar den helige
Inbunden, 2014
196 kr
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I Oscar den helige närmar sig Storbritanniens kanske mest kände litteraturteoretiker Terry Eagleton genom dramatikformen Oscar Wilde . Genom rasande kvick, underhållande och smart dialog från rättegången mot Wilde och hans fängelsetid lyfts Wilde här fram som nationell frihetskämpe, socialist och …
Radical Sacrifice
Häftad, 2020
149 kr
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A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social orderThe modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual …
After Theory
E-bok, 2004
108 kr
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The golden age of cultural theory (the product of a decade and a half, from 1965 to 1980) is long past. We are living now in its aftermath, in an age which, having grown rich in the insights of thinkers like Althusser, Barthes and Derrida, has also moved beyond them. What kind of new, fresh …
Meaning of Life
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2008
106 kr
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We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we''re asking? Terry Eagleton takes a stimulating and quirky look at this most compelling of questions: at the answers explored in philosophy and literature; at the crisis of meaning in modern …
Meaning of Life
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2008
106 kr
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We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we''re asking? Terry Eagleton takes a stimulating and quirky look at this most compelling of questions: at the answers explored in philosophy and literature; at the crisis of meaning in modern …
Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture
Häftad, 1998
782 kr
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This innovative collection of essays views Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the present day, covering a wide range of Irish topics and authors. Bishop Berkeley, Thomas Moore, Oliver Goldsmith, Francis Hutcheson, Laurence Sterne, Richard Steele, Edmund Burke, Maria Edgeworth, W. B. …
Event of Literature
Häftad, 2013
185 kr
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A renowned literary theorist reconsiders previous stances and offers his latest thinking on the nature of literature and literary studyIn this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What …
Culture and the Death of God
Häftad, 2015
149 kr
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New observations on the persistence of God in modern times and why “authentic” atheism is so very hard to come byHow to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this …
Tragedy
Inbunden, 2020
276 kr
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An exploration of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western cultureIn this compelling account, eminent literary critic Terry Eagleton explores the nuances of tragedy in Western culture—from literature and politics to philosophy and theater. Eagleton covers a vast array of thinkers and …
Humour
Häftad, 2022
137 kr
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A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of …
Critical Revolutionaries
Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read
Häftad, 2023
158 kr
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Terry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature Before the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated from society at large. In the years following, a younger generation of critics came to the fore. Their …
Culture
Häftad, 2023
158 kr
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One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s valueCulture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our …
Real Thing
Reflections on a Literary Form
Inbunden, 2024
236 kr
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A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or widening its focus to set their experience in context, …
Modernism
A Literature in Crisis
Inbunden, 2025
236 kr
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An engaging, approachable introduction to literary modernism Modernism represented an astonishing outbreak of cultural innovation, spanning artforms and nations. It was centred around feelings of growing alienation in an industrial world, and a desire to change how people live together in society. …
