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 surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. In a book that ranges from St. Augustine to alcoholism, Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Mann, Shakespeare to the Holocaust, Eagleton investigates the frightful plight of those doomed souls who apparently destroy for no reason. In the process, he poses a set of intriguing questions. Is evil really a kind of nothingness? Why should it appear so glamorous and seductive? Why does goodness seem so boring? Is it really possible for human beings to delight in destruction for no reason at all?

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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 continuing relevance of this work for the twenty-first century.

In this major new book, Terry Eagleton, one of the world’s greatest cultural theorists, writes with wit, eloquence and clarity on the question of ethics. Providing rare insights into tragedy, politics, literature, morality and religion, Eagleton examines key ethical theories through the framework of Jacques Lacan’s categories of the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real, measuring them against the ‘richer’ ethical resources of socialism and the Judaeo-Christian tradition. a major new book from Terry Eagleton, one of the world’s greatest cultural theorists investigates ethical theories from Aristotle to Alain Badiou and Slavoj Žižek engages with the whole modern European tradition of thought about ethics brings together personal and political ethics and makes a passionate case for political love

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 doctrine of Progress, bringing into focus a standpoint that requires reflection and commitment, arises from clear-sighted rationality, can be cultivated by practice and self-discipline, and which acknowledges but refuses to capitulate to the realities of failure and defeat. Authentic hope is indubitably tragic, yet Eagleton also argues for its radical implications as ‘a species of permanent revolution, whose enemy is as much political complacency as metaphysical despair’. It is a means of facing the future without devaluing the moment or obviating the past. Traversing centuries of thought about the many modes of hoping – from Ernst Bloch’s monumental work through the Stoics, Aquinas, Marx and Kierkegaard, among others – this penetrating book throws new light on religious faith and political ideology as well as issues such as the problem of evil, the role of language and the meaning of the past. Hope Without Optimism is a brilliantly engaged, impassioned chronicle of human belief and desire in an increasingly uncertain world.

Materialism may be at the centre of today’s important scientific, cultural and philosophical debates, but it is far from being fully understood. In this succinct, intellectually stimulating introduction, Terry Eagleton elaborates a concept of materialism that straddles our animality and our rationality. He argues that it is precisely our materiality—our bodies, our corporeal activity and means of being in the world—that defines us and makes thought and consciousness possible.
Eagleton considers afresh the values and beliefs of three very different materialists—Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein—drawing striking comparisons between their philosophies. Reflecting on a wide array of topics, from ideology and history to language, ethics, and the aesthetic, Materialism is a valuable exposition on philosophical thought that strikes to the heart of how we think about ourselves and the world in which we live.

Terry Eagleton is one of the most important - and most radical - theorists writing today. His witty and acerbic attacks on contemporary culture and society are read and enjoyed by many, and his studies of literature are regarded as classics of contemporary criticism. In this new edition of his groundbreaking treatise on literary theory, Eagleton seeks to develop a sophisticated relationship between Marxism and literary criticism. Ranging across the key works of Raymond Williams, Lenin, Trostsky, Brecht, Adorno, Benjamin, Lukacs and Sartre, he develops a nuanced critique of traditional literary criticism, while producing a compelling theoretical account of ideology. Eagleton uses this perspective to offer fascinating analyses of canonical writers, including George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence. However, he distances himself from a simplistic application of Marxist categories and shows how ideology can play a productive and subversive role in their work.

The three essays constituting this volume were originally published as individual pamphlets by the Field Day Theatre Company, in Derry, Northern Ireland. Each deals with the question of nationalism and the role of cultural production as a force in understanding and analyzing the aftermath of colonization. The authors’ diverse perspectives are demonstrated by the essays’ respective titles: Eagleton, Nationalism: Irony and Commitment; Jameson, Modernism and Imperialism; and Said, Yeats and Decolonization. The essays have implication beyond their immediate topics, bearing upon questions of feminism, decolonization, and modernism to illuminate problems that belong to other groups and regions.

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.

外国文艺理论研究资料丛书。这套丛书还有 《映象心理学》,《现代美学文论选》,《现代美学析疑》,《美学》,《结构——符号学文艺学》 等。

With the publication of Specters of Marx in 1993, Jacques Derrida redeemed a longstanding pledge to confront Marx's texts directly and in detail. His characteristically bravura presentation provided a provocative re-reading of the classics in the Western tradition and posed a series of challenges to Marxism. In a timely intervention in one of today's most vital theoretical debates, the contributors to Ghostly Demarcations respond to the distinctive program projected by Specters of Marx. The volume features sympathetic meditations on the relationship between Marxism and deconstruction by Fredric Jameson, Werner Hamacher, Antonio Negri, Warren Montag, and Rastko M cnik, brief polemical reviews by Terry Eagleton and Pierre Macherey, and sustained political critiques by Tom Lewis and Aijaz Ahmad. The volume concludes with Derrida's reply to his critics in which he sharpens his views about the vexed relationship between Marxism and deconstruction. Fredric Jameson, Antonio Negri, Terry Eagleton, Pierre Macherey and others engage in a debate on Marx with Jacques Derrida.

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 of others. How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to the study of literature and for all other readers interested in deepening their understanding and enriching their reading experience. In a series of brilliant analyses, Eagleton shows how to read with due attention to tone, rhythm, texture, syntax, allusion, ambiguity, and other formal aspects of literary works. He also examines broader questions of character, plot, narrative, the creative imagination, the meaning of fictionality, and the tension between what works of literature say and what they show. Unfailingly authoritative and cheerfully opinionated, the author provides useful commentaries on classicism, Romanticism, modernism and postmodernism along with spellbinding insights into a huge range of authors, from Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Samuel Beckett and J. K. Rowling.

"This concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all the major theories, from structuralism in the 1960s to deconstruction today, that have made academic criticism both intriguing and off-putting to the outsider." --New York Times Book Review" " "Literary Theory" has the kind of racy readability that one associates more often with English critics who have set their faces resolutely against theory. It's not just a brilliant polemical essay; it's also a remarkable feat of condensation, explication, and synthesis." --Sunday Times "(London) "A concise guide to the most interesting and mystifying trends in the study of literature over the last fifty years." --The Nation" This classic work covers all of the major movements in literary studies in this century. Noted for its clear, engaging style and unpretentious treatment, Literary Theory" has become the introduction of choice for anyone interested in learning about the world of contemporary literary thought. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Literary Theory"'s debut, Terry Eagleton reflects on the state of theory in academia today, the growth of antitheory (itself an interesting theoretical subject), its common-if problematic-place among survey coursework, and theory's continued relevance to scholarly pursuits. In this contemporary, retrospective moment, as scholars critically analyze the incredibly broad impact of the theoretical movement, Literary Theory "remains an essential initiation to the intellectually stimulating world of theoretical analysis. Terry Eagleton is John Edward Taylor professor of English literature at the University of Manchester. His numerous books include The Meaning of Life, How to Read a Poem, " and After Theory."

Written by one of the world's leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce. Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. Follows the model of Eagleton's hugely popular "Literary Theory: An Introduction" (Second Edition, 1996).

🔖 从大卫·科波菲尔到哈利·波特
当代文学理论大师伊格尔顿如数家珍
以诙谐的笔法，引领我们细读经典
再次刷新人们对于文学的理解
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◎ 当代评论大家特里·伊格尔顿写给普通读者的文学欣赏入门书，亦庄亦谐，雅俗共赏，带领读者领略慢读的技艺。
◎ 批评视野宽广，创作活力巨大，笔耕五十余年的伊格尔顿，跨出艰深的学术领域，聚焦核心问题，为大众撰写幽默风趣的入门读物。
◎ 本书包含广阔，引证丰富，从童谣到狄更斯，从哈利·波特到莎士比亚。幽默的谈话式语调、令人捧腹的吐槽，极具可读性，且听他是怎么评论福克纳吧，“这段话啰唆到了一种境界，让这位作家闭嘴可比登天还难”。
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在这本通俗易懂、妙趣横生的书中，特里·伊格尔顿提出了一系列耐人寻味的问题。在精彩的分析中，伊格尔顿向人们展示了如何在阅读时充分注意文学作品的语气、节奏、质地、句法、典故、歧义和其他形式方面。他还研究了人物、情节、叙事、创造性想象力、虚构性的意义以及文学作品说什么和表现什么之间的紧张关系等更广泛的问题。作者以其权威性和愉快的观点，对古典主义、浪漫主义、现代主义和后现代主义进行了有益的评论，并对从莎士比亚和J.K.罗琳到简·奥斯汀和塞缪尔·贝克特等众多作家提出了令人神往的见解。本书是初学文学的学生和所有其他有兴趣加深理解、丰富阅读体验的读者的首选之作。
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◎如书名所示，这是一本令人耳目一新的导读作品……本书得益于谈话式的幽默语调……包括对童谣《黑绵羊巴巴叫》有趣的解读，对狄更斯作品和哈利·波特之间联系的阐释。 ——《柯克斯书评》
◎这是伊格尔顿最具魅力的体现，也是文学专业学生在学习初期或复习课程时的绝佳指南。 ——《出版人周刊》
◎《文学的读法》是一本生动活泼、引人入胜的入门书，介绍了欣赏文学的基本方法，类似《英语初阶》那样的课程。 ——《华盛顿邮报》
◎ 令人愉快又具可读性的概述，当我们谈论书籍时，我们谈论的是什么……敏锐而诚实。 ——《波士顿环球报》
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◎这不仅是一本有趣的书，也是一本重要的书。伊格尔顿指出尼采所说的“慢速阅读”，作为一种人类活动似乎受到了可怕的威胁。他在这里用一连串犀利的分析把我们拉回到基础，将智性阅读的重要方面纳入了考量。我喜欢他轻松的风格，如此平易近人又具体而微；他一点也没有牺牲细微差别或微妙之处。这是适合每一位读者的书，不仅是初学者，而且在课堂上也会被证明非常有用。 ——杰·帕里尼
◎这本书的有趣之处在于伊格尔顿提示、挑衅和有时激怒的方式。如何读《文学的读法》？......将其当做一本理想的批评分析入门指南，当做对伊格尔顿自己作为读者的技巧和敏锐之处的细致、惬意的提示。 ——费利西蒂·詹姆斯

Playwright, literary theorist, fine analyst of the works of Shakespeare, the Brontes, Swift and Joyce, scourge of postmodernism, autobiographer -- Terry Eagleton's achievements are many and his combative intelligence widely admired and respected. His skill as a reviewer is particularly notable: never content merely to assess the ideas of a writer and the theses of a book, Eagleton, in his inimitable and often wickedly funny style, always paints a vivid theoretical and political fresco as the background to his engagement with the texts. In this collection of more than a decade of such bracing criticism, Eagleton comes face to face with Stanley Fish, Gayatri Spivak, Slavoj Zizek, Edward Said, and even David Beckham. All are subjected to his pugnacious wit, scathing critical pen, and brilliant literary investigations.