It is easy to see why a diversity of cultures should confront power with a problem. If culture is about plurality, power is about unity. How can it sell itself simultaneously to a whole range of life forms without being fatally diluted? Terry Eagleton confrontculturedilute 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
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
Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith, and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even the dim-witted clerics who knocked me about at grammar school thought that. Terry Eagleton blindbringchild 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
