After Theory - Rilegato

Eagleton, Terry

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ISBN 10: 071399732X ISBN 13: 9780713997323

Casa editrice: Allen Lane, 2003

Riassunto

In his new intervention on cultural theory, Eagleton argues that the age of "high" theory has come to a close, and offers a candid assessment of its gains and losses, claiming that it has been silent or evasive about a whole range of vital topics such as love, evil, death, morality, metaphysics, religion and revolution. The book investigates these subjects in accessible, entertaining style, concluding with the dramatic suggestion that postmodernism might now be at an end.

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Recensione:

'Showily, and wittily, Eagleton yearns for a species of salvation or transcendence from cultural theories' Prospect

'...An original thinker whose passion and zest for life, and writing, remain, after years in the famously desiccating groves of academe, undiminished' the Independent Magazine

'After Theory's huge achievement is to show just how formidable a presence the Marxist cultural critic can be, even here in the thronged and dismaying universe of Bush, Blair, Derrida and the celebrated M Jean Baudrilland' Independent on Sunday

L'autore:

Terry Eagleton is Professor of Cultural Theory at Manchester University. His books include Literary Theory, a trilogy on Irish culture, a novel, several plays, the screenplay for Derek Jarman's film Wittgenstein, and an autobiography, The Gatekeeper (Penguin 2001).

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• Editore: Allen Lane
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 071399732X
• ISBN 13: 9780713997323
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240