Monday, December 29, 2003
‘Confidence in the technology of theory has faded’: An oh-so-serious article in the Globe about Marxist critic Terry’s Eagleton’s partial rejection of academic ‘cultural theory’ on the grounds it's “shamefaced about morality and metaphysics, embarrassed about love, biology, religion, and revolution, largely silent about evil, reticent about death and suffering.” ... Hmmmm. Sounds like a tardy post-Berlin Wall rejection of Marxism in the making, if only Eagleton would pull on that string a little harder. But the whizbang kids in academia -- including Eagleton -- can’t quite bring themselves to that conclusion. ...
