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Culture by Terry Eagleton
$32.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
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 fore ...Show more
Culture by Terry Eagleton
$44.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Reading Level: near fine
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 ...Show more
Culture and the Death of God by Terry Eagleton
$29.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Description: How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties, and significance of the modern search for a replacement for God ...Show more
Hope Without Optimism by Terry Eagleton
$34.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to the d ...Show more
Hope Without Optimism by Terry Eagleton
$54.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
$0.00 NZD
Category: Languages & Reference
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a hos ...Show more
How to read literature by Terry Eagleton
$29.99 NZD
Category: Languages & Reference
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host ...Show more
Humour by Terry Eagleton
$44.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laug ...Show more
Marxism and Literary Criticism by Terry Eagleton
$29.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Routledge Classics
Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What difference could it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton has some answers in this wonderfully clear analysis. For this Routledge Classics edition the author has written a challenging new introduction which explains the contin ...Show more
Materialism by Terry Eagleton
$29.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of tod ...Show more
Materialism by Terry Eagleton
$44.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of today's important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates, following the inroads being made by contemporary n ...Show more
On Evil by Terry Eagleton
$24.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. It smacks too much of absolute judgements and metaphysical certainties to suit the modern age. In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a su ...Show more