10.17192/meta.2017.7.6332 Miemiec, Olaf Olaf Miemiec Ideas, Ideology, and Interests: On Terry Eagleton´s Approach to Culture Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 7 (2017) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017 German Idealism History of Ideas Culture Ideology Critical Theory Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2017-01-27 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6332 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2017-179-63320 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2017.7.179 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6332/6332.png 2196-629X application/pdf The British literary theorist Terry Eagleton has significantly influenced contemporary debates on culture. This essay provides a reading of his book The Idea of Culture (2000), in which Eagleton discusses historical, philosophical and political contexts of notions of "culture" thereby unveiling the political interests inherent to such conceptual constructions. The essay highlights Eagleton's complex understanding of relations between nature and culture as well as his own materialist approach to culture. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 7 (2017)