Abstract: The “revolutionary criticism” which Eagleton uses in the interpretation of Walter Benjamin is often equated with “political criticism” or “ideological criticism” by some researchers, but what have been downplayed or even ignored are the relationship between “revolutionary criticism”, cultural revolution, and the revolutionary cultural practice, as well as the revolutionary energy generated among them. Eagleton points out that the “revolutionary criticism” has anticipated the practice of contemporary deconstruction criticism, and yet they have qualitative difference. Significantly, some of his descriptions of deconstructionism are simplistic. Some scholars believe that the “revolutionary criticism” is his ideal criticism, which neglects the problem of its idealism, as well as his love for and practice of the “constellation” criticism of Walter Benjamin.

Key words: Eagleton, revolutionary criticism, deconstruction criticism, ideal criticism