Лучшие книги Терри Фрэнсис Иглтон

В этой книге Терии Иглтон берет на себя задачу развеять убеждение, что марксизм изжил себя. Иглтон берет десять самых распространенных возражений против марксизма: что марксизм ведет к политической тирании, что марксизм - форма исторического детерминизма и так далее. Иглтон демонстрирует, что все эти утверждения, всего лишь горестная пародия на мысли самого…

В "Теории литературы", академическом бестселлере британского марксиста-литературоведа Терри Иглтона, прослеживается история изучения текстов от романтиков XIX столетия до постмодернистов конца XX века и показывается связь между политикой и литературоведческой теорией.

Написанная доступный языком, книга представляет интерес для широкого круга читателей.

В этой книге выдающийся британский литературовед Терри Иглтон рассматривает понятие культуры в его историческом, философском и политическом контексте и вносит свой вклад в полемику, ведущуюся сегодня вокруг этого понятия. Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей - всем, кто интересуется историей и теорией культуры.

Терри Иглтон (1943) — по мнению газеты «Independent», самый влиятельный из ныне живущих литературных критиков Британии, крупнейший транслятор классического марксизма в современном англоязычном мире. Автор множества книг: «Критика и идеология» (1976), «Функция критики» (1984), «Уильям Шекспир» (1986), «Идеология эстетического» (1990), «Иллюзии постмодернизма» (1996) и др., романа «Святые и ученые» (1987), сценария к фильму Дерека Джармена «Витшгенштейн» (1993). С октября 2008 — профессор кафедры английской литературы в Ланкастерском университете. Эссе «Был ли Иисус революционером?» предваряет англоязычное издание Евангелий (Verso, 2007)

Эта книга была впервые опубликована в 1976 году, когда история Запада находилась на переломе. Эра политического радикализма перетекала в эру политической реакции, хотя я еще не мог об этом знать. "Марксизм и литературная критика" взошла на ферменте революционных идей, который существовал с конца 60-х до середины 70-х. Формат: 10 см x 14,5 см.

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