Materialism

“Frequently insightful and quite often witty.”—Joseph A. Bracken, Theological Studies

“[F]requently insightful and quite often witty. . . . [Eagleton] is offering a clear challenge to the ontological priority of form over matter in classical metaphysics.”—Joseph A. Bracken, Theological Studies

"Eagleton’s book is an excellent and timely treatment of its subject matter, bringing an array of sources to bear in a nuanced account. There will be something for almost any reader to enthusiastically agree—and vehemently disagree —with here"—Daniel A. Rober, Journal of the College Theology Society

“Materialism is. . . . a book of ethics with valuable political and epistemological dimensions.”—Sergio Valverde, Marx and Philosophy

“[Materialism] is an excellent presentation of the strange feedback loop between ideas and their material surroundings.”—Mark Dunbar, The Humanist

"Materialist thinkers of various stripes have been struggling of late to renew our sense of 'the commons.' They would do well to take to heart Terry Eagleton’s new, eminently commonsensical elaboration of the concept of materialism. Eagleton partners up with Marx, Nietzsche, Freud and Wittgenstein to awaken us to the materialism we already live, to which we have always already committed, in our embodied practices. We thereby come to see how the natural history of our forms of life implicates us in a creaturely solidarity with one another, the elaboration of which constitutes the conflict-ridden realm of politics. Eagleton’s uncommonly luminous prose holds out the promise that a genuinely common life – call it ordinary life – for creatures such as us might yet be achievable."—Eric L. Santner, author of On Creaturely Life

"This is a well written and engaging book packed with interesting observations, analyses, some quite brilliant insights, and not a few jokes."—Paul O’Grady, editor of The Consolations of Philosophy