特里·伊格尔顿是英国当代著名的新左派马克思主义文化理论家,他始终以坚定的马克思主义者自居。在跨越两个世纪的学术生涯中,伊格尔顿以犀利尖锐的批判风格、直面当下现实的论战品格一直活跃在批评话语领域,在当代西方理论界关于所有重要话题的讨论中总能听到他那强有力的、发人深省的声音,他被誉为英国最有影响力的公共知识分子之一。进入21世纪以来,他接连出版了《文化的观念》(2000)、《甜蜜的暴力:悲剧的观念》(2003)、《理论之后》(2003)、《生命的意义》(2007)等著作。在这些著作中,伊格尔顿关注当代文化政治研究中的种种困境,持续不断地对后现代文化进行尖锐批判,并且遵循马克思主义对于人类解放的终极关怀,以伦理学为新的起点,对道德、真理、客观性、自由、公正、正义、幸福、人性等后现代主义 Terry Eagleton is a famous contemporary New Left Marxist cultural theorist in Britain. He always regarded himself as a firm Marxist. In his academic career spanning two centuries, Eagleton’s sharply critical style of confrontation, the character of the polemics that confronts the present reality, has been active in the field of critical discourse and can always be heard in contemporary Western theorists’ discussions on all important topics His powerful, thought-provoking voice, he was hailed as one of Britain’s most influential public intellectuals. Since entering the 21st century, he has successively published works such as “Cultural Concepts” (2000), “Sweet Violence: The Concept of Tragedy” (2003), “After The Theory” (2003) and “The Meaning of Life” (2007). In these works, Eagleton paid close attention to the dilemmas in the study of contemporary cultural politics, continually criticized the postmodernist culture, and followed Marxism’s ultimate concern for human liberation. Taking ethics as a new starting point, Morality, Truth, Objectivity, Freedom, Justice, Justice, Happiness, Humanity and Other Postmodernism