Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822310902 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 461 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fredric Jameson, internationally recognized as a literary theorist and as America's most notable Marxist intellectual, has established a leading place in discussions of postmodernism. Jameson brings to the subject an immense range of reference both to artworks and to theoretical discussions; a strong hypothesis linking cultural changes to changes in the place of culture within the whole structure of life produced by a new phase of economic history (multinational capitalism); and a severely scholarly wish to analyze and understand, rather than praise or blame, the object of his study."—Jonathan Arac
. Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystallize a definition of ”postmodernism.” Jameson’s inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from “high” art to “low” from market ideology to architecture, from painting to “punk” film, from video art to literature
"An Amazing Book, For Those Who Can Read It" according to A Customer. "Postmodernism" is one of those words many of us have heard somewhere, but something we know little about, which includes myself. But since I have read Jameson's book, among a few others on this notoriously confusing topic, let me at least tell you what I think about the book. To beg. "Postmodernism and Its Failings" according to John David Ebert. Postmodernism is not so much characterized by fragmentation--that was already a characteristic of Modernism, especially in Cubist painting and in poetry like T.S. Eliot's or Ezra Pound's--as by a hostility toward historical metanarratives,or "master narratives," as they are also dism. El Sooko said Solid if prolix: read it if it is required or if you just need to.. Should you buy it -- go to paragraph Solid if prolix: read it if it is required or if you just need to. Should you buy it -- go to paragraph 3 below. What follows is my commentary.Jameson's Ideas are unabashedly Marxist, which is fine. Marx was an economist and made some prescient observations about capitalism. Whether Jameson's comments explain phenomena in visual culture can be a str. below. What follows is my commentary.Jameson's Ideas are unabashedly Marxist, which is fine. Marx was an economist and made some prescient observations about capitalism. Whether Jameson's comments explain phenomena in visual culture can be a str