Culture and the Death of God

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Author:
Terry Eagleton
ISBN:
9780300206548
Related ISBNs:
9780300203998
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-04-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Terry Eagleton 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality