ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>XII CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL ABRALIC</TITLE><link rel=STYLESHEET type=text/css href=css.css></HEAD><BODY aLink=#ff0000 bgColor=#FFFFFF leftMargin=0 link=#000000 text=#000000 topMargin=0 vLink=#000000 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><table align=center width=700 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=left bgcolor=#cccccc valign=top width=550><font face=arial size=2><strong><font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=3><font size=1>XII CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL ABRALIC</font></font></strong><font face=Verdana size=1><b><br></b></font><font face=Verdana, Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif size=1><strong> </strong></font></font></td><td align=right bgcolor=#cccccc valign=top width=150><font face=arial size=2><strong><font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=1><font size=1>Resumo:743-1</font></em></font></strong></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><br><br><table align=center width=700><tr><td><b>Oral (Tema Livre)</b><br><table width="100%"><tr><td width="60">743-1</td><td><b>The weapons of criticism</b></td></tr><tr><td valign=top>Autores:</td><td><u>Daniel Puglia </u> (USP - Universidade de São Paulo) </td></tr></table><p align=justify><b><font size=2>Resumo</font></b><p align=justify class=tres><font size=2>In his book <i>The Meaning of Life</i> (2007), Terry Eagleton analyses questions concerning the role of theoretical thinking and its capacity to solve some of the more pressing problems of our times. His essay is a vigorous synthesis of philosophy, history and aesthetics in an objective, clear prose where humour plays a leading role allowing for unexpected connections. Under the guise of apparent formal simplicity, the author, once again, uses the critique of political economy as a basic tool to challenge contemporary consensus. The consequences and developments of this critical approach shall be the topic of this presentation.</font></p></td></tr></table></tr></td></table></body></html>