Ideas, Ideology, and Interests: On Terry Eagleton´s Approach to Culture

The British literary theorist Terry Eagleton has significantly influenced contemporary debates on culture. This essay provides a reading of his book The Idea of Culture (2000), in which Eagleton discusses historical, philosophical and political contexts of notions of "culture" thereby unve...

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Main Author:	Olaf Miemiec
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies 2017-01-01
Series:	Middle East : Topics & Arguments
Subjects:	Culture History of Ideas German Idealism Critical Theory Ideology
Online Access:	http://meta-journal.net/article/view/6332

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description	The British literary theorist Terry Eagleton has significantly influenced contemporary debates on culture. This essay provides a reading of his book The Idea of Culture (2000), in which Eagleton discusses historical, philosophical and political contexts of notions of "culture" thereby unveiling the political interests inherent to such conceptual constructions. The essay highlights Eagleton's complex understanding of relations between nature and culture as well as his own materialist approach to culture.
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Ideas, Ideology, and Interests: On Terry Eagleton´s Approach to Culture

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