The frontier between public and private shifts from time to time and culture to culture. Terry Eagleton culturefrontierprivate Change image and share on social
You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors! Terry Eagleton actoraudiencefail Change image and share on social
In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility. Terry Eagleton driveendindividual share on social
The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it. Terry Eagleton burypastpresent Change image and share on social
Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history. Terry Eagleton dividefictionfull Change image and share on social
Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, one imagines he would have felt sick and oppressed. Terry Eagleton betrayalcapitalconfront share on social
Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced. Terry Eagleton demandformidentity Change image and share on social
I attacked Dawkins's book on God because I think he is theologically illiterate. Terry Eagleton attackbookdawkin Change image and share on social
God chose what is weakest in the world to shame the strong. Terry Eagleton choosegodshame Change image and share on social
Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason why culture remains so politically vital. Civilisation cannot get on with culture, and it cannot get on without it. Terry Eagleton civilisationculturedaily share on social
