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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

The empire writes back. Should the literary realm be seen as its own republic, complete with frontiers, legislators and rivalries? Yes, according to a bold new theory. Terry Eagleton applauds a milestone in the history of modern thought

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The World Republic of Letters Pascale Casanova Harvard University Press, 440pp, �22.95 ISBN 067401345X

How to be popular. A series of bluffers' guides reveals unexpected connections between the Marquis de Sade, Darwin and Hitler. Terry Eagleton on the pros and cons of a much-mocked format

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT

How to Read Darwin Mark Ridley, Granta Books ISBN 1862077282 Freud by Josh Cohen l Hitler by Neil Gregor Nietzsche by Keith Ansell Pearson l Sade by John Phillips Wittgenstein by Ray Monk Granta Books, �6.99 each

Diary - Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The dispiriting news is that we are not going to be wiped out by terrorists, but by bird flu. This is a far less satisfactory prospect. Being done in by birds is just embarrassing

Against family values

Terry Eagleton — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 GMT

NS Christmas - Christian evangelicals have got Jesus Christ all wrong, argues Terry Eagleton