Fredric Jameson

Informationen zum Autor Adam Roberts is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Widely recognised as one of today's most important cultural critics, Adam Roberts offers an engaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Roberts, Roberts Adam
• Assisted by: Robert Eaglestone (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2000
• EAN: 9780415215237
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21523-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, social and political philosophy, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000