As a leading figure of British left-wing intellectuals, Terry Eagleton makes a comprehensive observation and reflection on materialism, a concept familiar to Chinese readers, for the first time in this book. The materialism he discusses is not limited to daily objects or related discussions in the history of philosophy, but starts from the "body" - the material basis of human existence in the world, and uses the theories of Marx, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Aquinas to develop at various levels such as philosophy, culture, and science. From this, Eagleton liberated materialism from the opposition between materialism and idealism, and restored it to all aspects of human social life and spiritual life.
First Great book about materialism.