--- product_id: 29202112 title: "Culture" brand: "yale university press" price: "203 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/29202112-culture store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Culture **Brand:** yale university press **Price:** 203 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Culture by yale university press - **How much does it cost?** 203 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/29202112-culture) ## Best For - yale university press enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yale university press brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review "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 Read more About the Author Terry Eagleton is distinguished professor of English literature, University of Lancaster. He lives in Northern Ireland. Read more ## Images ![Culture - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51sikqkymXL.jpg) ![Culture - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41fngduucoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Nature of Culture and the Current State of It. *by R***Z on June 22, 2018* This is a fascinating examination of Culture by one of our most distinguished and insightful students of that subject. He begins with definitions. What is Culture per se? How is it to be distinguished from, e.g., Civilization? He examines multiple meanings of the term and then goes on to look at important commentators on the subject: Burke, Herder, Oscar Wilde, Marx, Freud, et al. Those who are surprised that TE uses Burke as something of an exemplar should not be. While TE is Marxistic and Burke is a classic conservative voice there are multiple sides to Burke’s thought. The causes to which he devoted his life (as we were once taught) were often defenses of the colonized and the downtrodden. Those familiar with his view of the French revolution should look at his indictment of Warren Hastings and his actions in India.Much of the book is an extended reflection, not so much a process of free association but one in which TE examines multiple dimensions of culture, including, e.g., the manner in which culture is seen by the Frankfurt School and the postmodernists.The kicker comes in the conclusion. One of TE’s hallmarks is his ability to see the wisdom (and nonsense) in a multiplicity of positions, to bring in Marx when we don’t expect him but then focus upon Marx’s shortsightedness (or simple recapitulations of Hegel). Bottom line: he is an intellectual, not an ideologue.The conclusion begins with what is now seen as a “conservative” notion: “The idea of culture is traditionally bound up with the concept of distinction” (p. 155). Spiritual hierarchy, he argues, goes hand in hand with social inequality, but “the aim of advanced capitalism, by contrast, is to preserve inequality while abolishing hierarchy” (p. 155). Hollywood does not exist to produce art; it exists to produce profits for its shareholders. It valorizes “diversity” in order to bring in a larger number of ticket purchasers. Thus, the university faculty who deride the notion of “distinction” and conflate the notion of evil “discrimination” with the quite necessary forms of discrimination which undergird ratiocination play right into the capitalists’ hands. In examining all forms of popular culture they are unconsciously reinforcing the methods of the Hollywood producers whose eyes are fixated on the bottom line. In their systematic lowering of expectations and dismissal of the notion of “distinction” they are the unwitting co-conspirators of the corporatist administrators, whose goal is the acquisition of tuition revenue to support administrative self-aggrandizement and the grotesque inequality represented by their salaries. In return, the faculty’s lack of academic distinction is rewarded by the reduction in the size of their tenure track faculty.TE puts it this way:“A centuries-old tradition of universities as centres of humane critique is currently being scuppered by their conversion into pseudo-capitalist enterprises under the sway of a brutally philistine managerial ideology. Once arenas of critical reflection, academic institutions are being increasingly reduced to organs of the marketplace, along with betting shops and fast food joints. They are now for the most part in the hands of technocrats for whom values are largely a matter of real estate. . . . . The dream of our universitites’ boneheaded administrators is of a bookless and paperless environment, books and paper being messy, crumply stuff incompatible with a gleaming neo-capitalist wasteland consisting of nothing but machines, bureaucrats and security guards. . . . The death of the humanities is now an event waiting on the horizon” (pp. 152-53).Strong stuff but dead on.Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ What role does God play in the 21st century? *by A***O on November 29, 2018* Nietzsche proclaimed God dead, but Eagleton shows that the shadow of God had manifested in various ways since the days of the Enlightenment: art, culture, Spirit, nature. This raises the question, What is God? While there is no easy answer to this question, Eagleton’s book gives us a good deal to mull over. As a companion piece to his Illusions of Postmodernism he makes the case at the end that elitism and the elitist embrace of postmodernism have given rise to a dangerous brand of religious extremism (just as in other realms it has led to political extremism). His solution is not to turn away from religion, but to turn toward it in a way very similar to that of the liberation theologians, working with and aligning with the poor in an effort to improve our material conditions on Earth. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why God? *by P***M on January 25, 2016* Mr. Eagleton outdid himself with this excellent discussion on the place and importance of the concept of a 'God' in our culture and why it will always be a necessary condition of an unequal society. This book is very unfortunate news for atheists and agnostics as he explains why most people will probably never have the luxury of freeing themselves from religious illusion.I was very moved by the final few pages of the book which contains a compassionate appeal for collective action to mitigate the suffering of the less fortunate. I found the tone of this appeal to be about as disheartening and fatalistic as can be in our current zero sum political situation.Religion is here to stay under these circumstances in this culture . --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/29202112-culture](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/29202112-culture) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*