内容简介
Todaythebarriersbetweenhighandlowculturehavecrumbledandacademicsstudysoapoperasaswellassonnets.Butdoesourobsessionwith'culture'meanwehaveoverlookedthethingsthatreallymatter?Canwestillbepoliticallyengagedintoday'sfree-wheeling,postmodern,consumerera?TerryEagleton'sacclaimedLiteraryTheoryestablishedhimasoneoftheleadingculturaltheoristsoftheLeft.Now,heargues,theageoftheoryisover.Itistimetourgentlyre-engagewiththeessentialtruthsthatpostmodernismhasdenied-love,evil,death,morality,metaphysics,religionandrevolution-astheymattertodaymorethanever.
作者简介
TerryEagletonisProfessorofCulturalTheoryatManchesterUniversity.HisbooksincludeLiteraryTheory,atrilogyonIrishculture,anovel,severalplays,thescreenplayforDerekJarman'sfilmWittgenstein,andanautobiography,TheGatekeeper(Penguin2001).