Modernism

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 Fourier and Michel Foucault."--Michael Patrick Brady, PopMatters "Reading a book by Terry Eagleton is like watching fireworks."--Dennis O'Brien, Christian Century In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism--that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on--he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are. In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, Why Marx Was Right is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.

Karl Marx ist wieder da. Terry Eagleton bricht eine Lanze für den großen Ökonomen und streitbaren Welterklärer: Scharfsinnig, originell und mit britischem Humor widerlegt Eagleton zentrale Argumente gegen den Marxismus, wie "Wir leben doch längst in einer klassenlosen Gesellschaft" oder "Der Marxismus beraubt die Menschen ihrer Freiheit". Der katholische Marxist Eagleton macht klar: An seinem 200. Geburtstag ist Karl Marx aktueller denn je.

Ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact, and so little understood as a concept, as it is today. In this now classic work, originally written for both students and for those already familiar with the debates around the concept, the celebrated literary theorist Terry Eagleton unravels its many definitions, exploring its tortuous history from the Enlightenment to the present.<BR><BR>A limpid account of the thought of key Marxist thinkers, as well as that of philosophers from Schopenhauer and Nietzsche to Freud and the post-structuralists, and a political reformulation of a vital set of ideas, Ideology: An Introduction is an essential text by one of our most important contemporary critics.

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value Culture 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 foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly analytical and acerbically funny book, he explores how culture and our conceptualizations of it have evolved over the last two centuries--from rarified sphere to humble practices, and from a bulwark against industrialism's encroaches to present-day capitalism's most profitable export. Ranging over art and literature as well as philosophy and anthropology, and major but somewhat "unfashionable" thinkers like Johann Gottfried Herder and Edmund Burke as well as T. S. Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Raymond Williams, and Oscar Wilde, Eagleton provides a cogent overview of culture set firmly in its historical and theoretical contexts, illuminating its collusion with colonialism, nationalism, the decline of religion, and the rise of and rule over the "uncultured" masses. Eagleton also examines culture today, lambasting the commodification and co-option of a force that, properly understood, is a vital means for us to cultivate and enrich our social lives, and can even provide the impetus to transform civil society.

Terry Eagleton, bu calismasinda Walter Benjaminin eserlerini, devrimci bir elestirinin imkan, sinir ve sorunlarini aciga cikarmak üzere ele aliyor. Önce devrimci elestirinin karsi karsiya oldugu kilit sorunlari aydinlatmak adina Benjaminin elestiriye dair ortaya koydugu temel meseleleri görünür kiliyor; ardindan da hem yazim süreci hem de nihai ürün bakimindan sosyalist kültür teorisi ile kültürel pratik arasindaki iliskileri ve bunlarin devrimci siyasetle ilintisini arastiriyor.Walter Benjamin ya da Bir Devrimci Elestiriye Dogru, bir burjuva aydini olarak yetismis olmasina karsin kendisini tarihsel elestirinin devrimci dönüsüm gücüne adayan Benjaminin gelistirdigi kavramlara, fikirlere ve eserlerine dair özgül tartismalara da bir müdahale amaci tasiyor.Her dönem okurunu sasirtmis ve heyecanlandirmis Benjamine, edebiyat elestirisinde altina bakilmadik tas birakmayan Eagletonin tuttugu isik yepyeni ufuklar aciyor.