For anyone forced to wrestle with the likes of Derrida and
Foucault during their college days, Terry Eagleton needs no
introduction. His clear and accessible primer on literary theory
was (and is) an indispensable guide to the post-modern era in the
humanities. Now Eagleton argues that the golden age of cultural
theory has ended, and with characteristic wit and verve, he traces
its rise and fall from structuralism to post-colonial studies and
beyond. In a new era of globalization and terrorism, Eagleton
warns, the bundle of ideas known as post-modernism is essentially
toothless.In this eloquent synthesis of a lifetime of learning,
Eagleton challenges contemporary intellectuals to engage with a
range of vital topics-love, evil, death, morality, religion, and
revolution-that they've ignored over the past thirty years. Lively
and provocative, Eagleton's latest will engage readers inside and
outside the academy who are eager for a more holistic and humane
way of "reading" the world."A rare opportunity to enjoy the art of
cultural and social diagnosis at its purest! Eagleton offers a
unique combination of theoretical stringency and acerbic
common-sense witticism, of critical historical reflection and the
ability to ask the 'big' metaphysical questions."-Slavoj
Zizek
