After Theory
$32.69
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2004
Summary
An indispensable guide to the post-modern era in the humanities.
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 thinking does this new era demand? Eagleton concludes that cultural theory must start thinking ambitiously again - not so that it ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141015071 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141015071 |
| Author: | Terry Eagleton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘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
Terry Eagleton
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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