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After Theory

By Terry Eagleton

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| Paperback | 9780141015071

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As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the New York Times Magazine, a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton ("one of [our] bestContinue

As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the New York Times Magazine, a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton ("one of [our] best-known public intellectuals."- Boston Globe) traces the rise and fall of these ideas from the 1960s through the 1990s, candidly assessing the resultant gains and losses. What's needed now, After Theory argues, is a return to the big questions and grand narratives. Today's global politics demand we pay attention to a range of topics that have gone ignored by the academy and public alike, from fundamentalism to objectivity, religion to ethics. Fresh, provocative, and consistently engaging, Eagleton's latest salvo will challenge everyone looking to better grasp the state of the world.

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  • What Terry did next...

    After Theory by Terry Eagleton 225pp, Allen Lane, £18.99 Being at once a leader and a rebel is a good trick. Mrs Thatcher managed it brilliantly, speaking as if she were a dissident in the government of which she was in fact head. The ordinary fudges ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Goodbye to All That

    After Theory, by Terry Eagleton… Anyone who served on the academic front of the culture wars in the closing decades of the twentieth century is likely to prick up his ears and experience a kind of mental salivation at this conjunction of author and t ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 240 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0141015071
  • ISBN-13: 9780141015071
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Pub date: Aug 26, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and eBook
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