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The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live Now

Terry Eagleton — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:14:39 GMT

Misunderstanding what it means to be secular.

Hitch-22: a Memoir

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:27:31 GMT

Christopher Hitchens became dazzled by his �friendships� with the rich and powerful and turned into an apologist for war on Iraq. Terry Eagleton reads his new memoir �� and finds a man in conflict with every one of his own instincts.

Of men and monsters

Terry Eagleton — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:11:45 GMT

Acknowledging that wickedness exists doesn�t mean you have to believe in the existence of Satan. And you don�t have to be religious to think that there is such a thing as sin � just think of Jamie Bulger, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson.

Waking the dead

Terry Eagleton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

For Walter Benjamin, history was more than a series of dispassionate facts. He showed how the struggle for the past shapes our future

The prophets of prosperity

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Suicide of the West Richard Koch and Chris Smith Continuum, 224pp, �14.99 ISBN 0826490239 Christianity, science, individualism, economic growth: is it really these that have ensured the "success" of our culture? Terry Eagleton on the nasty myth of western progress

The truth speakers

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Absent Minds: intellectuals in Britain Stefan Collini Oxford University Press, 526pp, �25 ISBN 0199291055 The British do themselves down when they describe themselves as anti-intellectual. A nation that produced Coleridge, Mill, Keynes and Orwell can hardly be said to despise ideas

Eastern block. Edward Said got many things wrong, but his central argument was basically right. The west's denigration of the east has always gone with imperialist incursions into its terrain. By Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

For Lust of Knowing: the orientalists and their enemies Robert Irwin Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 410pp, �25 ISBN 0713994150

Rough, rugged and right-on

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Crusoe's Secret: the aesthetics of dissent Tom Paulin Faber & Faber, 360pp, �20 ISBN 0571221157

Diary - Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT

At Chicago, airport security staff solemnly ran their electric wand over my daughter's nappy. You can't fight terrorism without getting your hands dirty

The popular touch. Is it possible to distinguish "high" culture from "low" culture? Is one better than the other? Terry Eagleton on a generous polemic that fails to hit all its targets

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

What Good Are the Arts? John Carey Faber & Faber, 304pp, �12.99 ISBN 0571226027