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1 online resource (x, 234 pages .) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"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."--Publisher's description. |
| Contents |
The limits of Enlightenment -- Idealists -- Romantics -- The crisis of culture -- The death of God -- Modernism and after. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- History.
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Religion. |
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History. |
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God.
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God. |
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Enlightenment.
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Enlightenment. |
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Religion and culture.
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Religion and culture. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eagleton, Terry, 1943- Culture and the death of God 9780300203998 (DLC) 2013041989 (OCoLC)861677235 |
| ISBN |
9780300206548 (electronic book) |
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0300206542 (electronic book) |
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9780300203998 |
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0300203993 |
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