Culture and the Death of God

Terry Eagleton

Published by Yale University Press 2014

Culture and the Death of God

Terry Eagleton

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300206548

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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. Engaging with a phenomenally wide range of ideas, issues, and thinkers from the Enlightenment to today, Eagleton discusses the state of religion before and after 9/11, the ironies surrounding Western capitalism’s part in spawning not only secularism but also fundamentalism, and the unsatisfactory surrogates for the Almighty invented in the post-Enlightenment era.

The author reflects on the unique capacities of religion, the possibilities of culture and art as modern paths to salvation, the so-called war on terror’s impact on atheism, and a host of other topics of concern to those who envision a future in which just and compassionate communities thrive. Lucid, stylish, and entertaining in his usual manner, Eagleton presents a brilliant survey of modern thought that also serves as a timely, urgently needed intervention into our perilous political present.

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Terry Eagleton is Distinguished Professor of Literature, University of Lancaster, and Excellence in English Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame. He lives in Northern Ireland, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
CHAPTER 1. The Limits of Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2. Idealists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
CHAPTER 3 .Romantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER 4. The Crisis of Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER 5 .The Death of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
CHAPTER 6. Modernism and After Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
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Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
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- Main content: 248

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Published: March 25, 2014
ISBN: 9780300206548