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TROUBLE WITH STRANGERS Written in Eagletons very readable, clear and witty style, this book may achieve the bridging the gap between academic High Thought and popular philosophy manuals. Slavoj iek This is a fine book. It is hugely ambitious in its scope, develops an original thesis to illuminating effect and is written with a compelling passion and commitment. Peter R. Sedgwick, Cardiff University Written with Eagletons usual wit, panache and uncanny ability to summarise and criticize otherwise complex philosophical positions ... this is an important book by a hugely important voice. Simon Critchley, The New School for Social Research In this ambitious new book, Terry Eagleton, one of the worlds greatest cultural theorists, turns his attention to the now much-discussed question of ethics. In a work full of rare insights into tragedy, politics, literature, morality and religion, Eagleton investigates ethical theories from Aristotle to Alain Badiou and Slavoj iek, weighing the merits and deficiencies of each theory, and measuring them all against the richer ethical resources of socialism and the Judaeo-Christian tradition. In a remarkably original move, he assigns each of the theori

Author

Eagleton, Terry, 1943-

Publisher

Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781405185721

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24