Ideology: An Introduction - Hardcover

"...second to none among critics writing in the English language today." - The Guardian "...a combative, fiercely articulate and witty Marxist literary critic." - The Nation "Eagleton is informative, witty and wise." - Times Higher Education Supplement"

In the modern world, ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as a concept. In a book designed both for newcomers to the topic and for those already familiar with the debates, Terry Eagleton unravels the many different meanings of ideology, and charts the history of the concept from the Enlightenment to postmodernism. As well as clarifying a confused topic, this new edition of a now classic work is fully updated in the light of current theoretical debates.