Trouble with Strangers

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In this major new book, Terry Eagleton, one of the world'sgreatest cultural theorists, writes with wit, eloquence and clarityon the question of ethics. Providing rare insights into tragedy,politics, literature, morality and religion, Eagleton examines keyethical theories through the framework of Jacques Lacan'scategories of the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real, measuringthem against the 'richer' ethical resources ofsocialism and the Judaeo-Christian tradition. * a major new book from Terry Eagleton, one of the world'sgreatest cultural theorists * investigates ethical theories from Aristotle to Alain Badiouand Slavoj Zizek * engages with the whole modern European tradition of thoughtabout ethics * brings together personal and political ethics and makes apassionate case for political love

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"In his inimitable way, Eagleton is helping to develop thisintriguing scene, and further framings of his thought are keenlyanticipated.." (New Left Review, July - August, 2010) "Readers who know the writers being discussed will enjoy thebook." (Choice, April 2009) "Eagleton has laboured diligently in tracing the wellsprings ofethics across literature, philosophy, morality and religion.Trouble With Strangers is an engrossing book, peppered withremarkable insights into theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis."(Australian Book Review, March 2009) "Eagleton is absolutely correct to ask why do we have'trouble with strangers?' It is to ask, after all, howwe might be able to recreate solidarity. And it is in pursuit ofthis answer that he examines the attempts of moral philosophers togive altruism a firm footing." (Culture Wars, March2009) "This difficult, highly abstract, yet extremely closelyreasoned study touches on so many topics and ideas that the readermay come away from it wondering whether Eagleton has made aconvincing argument for his main thesis which is that most ethicaltheories can be assigned to one of Jacques Lacans threepsychoanalytical categories of the imaginary the symbolic and theReal or in some combination of the three." (LibraryJournal, December 2008) "Confronted now with Eagleton's eighth book in 11 years ...One finds his trademark qualities in abundance: impishness,prodigious breadth of reading, a poacher's disregard of boundariesand of 'no trespassing' notices, sublime self-confidence, and anopening up of the heart to old allegiances as sudden as a blow tothe chest." (Times Higher Education Supplement, December2008) "Written in Eagleton's very readable, clear and witty style, thisbook may achieve the unthinkable: bridging the gap between academicHigh Thought and popular philosophy manuals." -Slavoj Zizek "... An engagement with the whole modern European traditionof thought about ethics, drawing on both philosophical and literarytexts, and paying close attention to shifting cultural currents andhistorical contexts. The insights are often sharp, and thecriticisms both pointed and - usually - laced withhumour" -Peter Dews, University of Essex "This is a fine book. It is hugely ambitious in its scope,develops an original thesis to illuminating effect and is writtenwith a compelling passion and commitment" -Peter R. Sedgwick, Cardiff University "Written with Eagleton's usual wit, panache and uncanny abilityto summarise and criticize otherwise complex philosophicalpositions ... this is an important book by a hugely importantvoice" -Simon Critchley, The New School for SocialResearch
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