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After theory / Terry Eagleton

By:

Eagleton, Terry, , 1943-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books , c2003.Description: 231 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780465017744

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306 EAG

LOC classification:

HM621 .E15 2003

Contents:

The politics of amnesia -- The rise and fall of theory -- The path to postmodernism -- Losses and gains -- Truth, virtue and objectivity -- Morality -- Revolution, foundations and fundamentalists -- Death, evil and non-being.

Summary: Employing a witty style and writing for students and general readers, Eagleton introduces his audience to the current state of cultural theory. In his choice of title, he doesn't mean to suggest that the importance of theory has passed, but to point out that the current orthodoxy of the field fails to address itself to questions "searching enough to meet the demands of our political situation." In offering his criticism of this orthodoxy and his thoughts on where cultural theory should go, he provides a portrait of the development of the field and addresses topics such as truth, virtue, and objectivity; morality; revolution and fundamentalisms; and evil as a horror of impurity.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	306 EAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		032196

Includes index.

Employing a witty style and writing for students and general readers, Eagleton introduces his audience to the current state of cultural theory. In his choice of title, he doesn't mean to suggest that the importance of theory has passed, but to point out that the current orthodoxy of the field fails to address itself to questions "searching enough to meet the demands of our political situation." In offering his criticism of this orthodoxy and his thoughts on where cultural theory should go, he provides a portrait of the development of the field and addresses topics such as truth, virtue, and objectivity; morality; revolution and fundamentalisms; and evil as a horror of impurity.

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