Materialism
Seiten
2019
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-24662-9 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-24662-9 (ISBN)
A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture
In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of today’s important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates. The author reveals entirely fresh ways of considering the values and beliefs of three very different materialists—Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein—drawing striking comparisons between their philosophies while reflecting on a wide array of topics, from ideology and history to language, ethics, and the aesthetic. Cogently demonstrating how it is our bodies and corporeal activity that make thought and consciousness possible, Eagleton’s book is a valuable exposition on philosophic thought that strikes to the heart of how we think about ourselves and live in the world.
In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of today’s important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates. The author reveals entirely fresh ways of considering the values and beliefs of three very different materialists—Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein—drawing striking comparisons between their philosophies while reflecting on a wide array of topics, from ideology and history to language, ethics, and the aesthetic. Cogently demonstrating how it is our bodies and corporeal activity that make thought and consciousness possible, Eagleton’s book is a valuable exposition on philosophic thought that strikes to the heart of how we think about ourselves and live in the world.
Terry Eagleton is Distinguished Visiting Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University and the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion. He lives in Northern Ireland.
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.08.2019 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 249 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
ISBN-10 | 0-300-24662-5 / 0300246625 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-24662-9 / 9780300246629 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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