Fredric Jameson
An invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of today's most important cultural critics. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Fredric Jameson's writing targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, cinema to global capitalism. Of his works, The Political Unconscious remains one of the most widely cited Marxist literary-theoretical texts, and 'Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism', is amongst the most influential statements on the nature of post-modernity ever published. Adam Roberts offers an ‘ngaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read.
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Fredric Jameson
An invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of today's most important cultural critics. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Fredric Jameson's writing targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, cinema to global capitalism. Of his works, The Political Unconscious remains one of the most widely cited Marxist literary-theoretical texts, and 'Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism', is amongst the most influential statements on the nature of post-modernity ever published. Adam Roberts offers an ‘ngaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read.
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Fredric Jameson

Fredric Jameson

by Adam Roberts
Fredric Jameson

Fredric Jameson

by Adam Roberts

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An invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of today's most important cultural critics. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Fredric Jameson's writing targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, cinema to global capitalism. Of his works, The Political Unconscious remains one of the most widely cited Marxist literary-theoretical texts, and 'Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism', is amongst the most influential statements on the nature of post-modernity ever published. Adam Roberts offers an ‘ngaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415215237
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/07/2000
Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 180
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adam Roberts is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Table of Contents

Contents. Why Jameson? Key Ideas. Chapter 1. Marxist Contexts. Chapter 2. Jameson's Marxism. Marxism and Form (1971), Late Marxism (1991) Chapter 3. Freud and Lacan: towards The Political Unconsciuos (1981) Chapter 4. The Political Unconsciuos (1981) Chapter 5. Modernism and Utopia. Fables of Agression (1979) Chapter 6. Postmodernism. Chapter 7. Cinema Signatures of the Visible (1990), The Geopolitical Aesthetic (1992) After Jameson.
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