Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

It is important to see that, in the critique of ideology, only those interventions will work which make sense to the mystified subject itself.

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• It is important to see that, in the critique of ideology, only those interventions will work which make sense to the mystified subject itself.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Important
  • Subjects
  • Ideology