"An impressive display of erudition."–
Publishers Weekly "Eagleton is a clear, combative writer whom it is always a pleasure to read, even–or especially–for those who disagree with him.
Culture exhibits his virtues to the full."–Theodore Dalrymple, author of
Our Culture, What's Left of It "Eagleton's central notion, that culture is the 'social unconscious, ' is beautifully delineated. He gives us a seamless journey from Marx, through Nietzsche and Freud, to Burke, Herder, Wittgenstein, T.S. Eliot and Wilde, but at the same time takes in popular idioms, in a hugely satisfying marriage of 'high' and 'low.' Reflection at a level we used to take for granted among scholars but is now all too rare."–Peter Watson, author of
The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death of God