Argues that sacrifice is misunderstood, focusing on the Old and New Testaments to offer a virtuosic analysis of the crucifixion, while drawing on a host of philosophers, theologians and texts. von Eagleton, Terry

The formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic investigates how to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism. Engaging with a phenomenally wide range of ideas, issues and major thinkers, Eagleton...

A stunning exposition of philosophical thought, particularly the work of Nietzsche, Marx and Wittgenstein. von Eagleton, Terry

This sweeping intellectual history explores how culture has changed and been understood over the last two hundred years, arguing against its increasing commodification today to reclaim its role in enriching our social lives. von...

A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponents von Eagleton, Terry

Against the Grain von Eagleton, Terry

Tragedy von Eagleton, Terry

Terry Eagleton's witty and polemical "Reason, Faith, and Revolution "is bound to cause a stir among scientists, theologians, people of faith and people of no faith, as well as general readers eager to understand the God Debate. On the...

Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, says literary critic Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors just as strange. Only an alien race would admiringly refer to a colleague as...

A history and critique of the last 200 years of cultural criticism, form Addison and Steele to Barthes and Derrida, by Britain's most stylish critic. von Eagleton, Terry

First published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It propelled its author to a position of such influence and controversy within the British academy that...

'History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce' Karl MarxA brilliant account of Marx and his view of utopia and socialism. von Eagleton, Terry