| Description |
ix, 408 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell readers |
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Blackwell readers.
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| Note |
Collection of 22 essays and excerpts from his writings, originally published 1971-1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-403) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Paradigms of Interpretation 31 -- 1. On Interpretation : Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act (1981) 33 -- 2. Towards Dialectical Criticism (1971) 61 -- 3. T.W. Adorno (1971) 71 -- 4. Roland Barthes and Structuralism (1972) 78 -- 5. Imaginary and Symbolic in Lacan (1977) 89 -- Part II. Marxism and Culture 115 -- 6. On Jargon (1977) 117 -- 7. Base and Superstructure (1990) 119 -- 8. Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture (1979) 123 -- 9. Marxism and the Historicity of Theory : An Interview by Xudong Zhang (1998) 149 -- 10. Five Theses on Actually Existing Marxism (1996) 164 -- Part III. Postmodernism 173 -- 11. Beyond the Cave : Demystifying the Ideology of Modernism (1975) 175 -- 12. Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1984) 188 -- 13. The Antinomies of Postmodernity (1994) 233 -- 14. Culture and Finance Capital (1997) 255 -- Part IV. Exercises in Cognitive Mapping 275 -- 15. Cognitive Mapping (1988) 277 -- 16. Class and Allegory in Contemporary Mass Culture : Dog Day Afternoon as a Political Film (1977) 288 -- 17. National Allegory in Wyndham Lewis (1979) 308 -- 18. Third-world Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism (1986) 315 -- 19. Totality as Conspiracy (1992) 340 -- Part V. Utopia 359 -- 20. Introduction/Prospectus : To Reconsider the Relationship of Marxism to Utopian Thought (1976) 361 -- 21. World-reduction in Le Guin : The Emergence of Utopian Narrative (1975) 368 -- 22. Utopianism and Anti-Utopianism (1994) 382. |
| Summary |
"Fredric Jameson is one of the most provocative and influential cultural critics of our age. Analyzing and historicizing cultural phenomena, he weaves together some of the most powerful critical paradigms, including Marxism, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralism, into an original and systematic vision of the contemporary world." "The Jameson Reader, which presents essays and excerpts from the broad spectrum of his writings, will be useful for both initiates and veteran readers of his work."--Jacket. |
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Criticism.
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Marxist criticism.
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Postmodernism.
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Cognition.
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Utopias.
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Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
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Criticism. (OCoLC)fst00883735
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Marxist criticism. (OCoLC)fst01010966
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Postmodernism. (OCoLC)fst01073164
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Utopias. (OCoLC)fst01163359
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Kritische theorie.
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Marxisme.
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Postmodernisme.
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Critique.
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Critique marxiste.
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Utopies.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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| Added Author |
Hardt, Michael, 1960-
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Weeks, Kathi, 1958-
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| ISBN |
0631202692 (acid-free paper) |
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9780631202691 (acid-free paper) |
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0631202706 (acid-free paper) |
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9780631202707 (acid-free paper) |
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