{"product_id":"after-theory-by-terry-eagleton","title":"'After Theory' by Terry Eagleton","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, Terry Eagleton takes stock of what became of the great theoretical insurgencies of the late twentieth century.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism and post-structuralism transformed how culture could be read, but Eagleton argues that much academic theory then retreated into safer territory: identity, sexuality and representation considered without sufficient attention to capitalism, morality, death, evil, belief or collective political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEagleton’s target is a cultural criticism fluent in transgression yet strangely embarrassed by large questions, especially those involving truth, virtue and material inequality. The argument is polemical and sometimes too eager to compress diverse intellectual movements into a single decline narrative, but its attack on theory as professional mannerism remains useful. Written after the apparent triumph of neoliberalism and before the crises that made that triumph look less secure, it asks what criticism is for once critique itself has become institutional furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllen Lane, 2003. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows rubbing, edge wear and light creasing; internally clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45894781927507,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-08-01T134753.421.png?v=1785556159","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/after-theory-by-terry-eagleton","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}