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Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
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Students and scholars of contemporary cultural theory, Marxist literary criticism, and those interested in the analysis of postmodernity and global capitalism will find this book essential.
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Widely recognised as one of today's most important cultural critics, Fredric Jameson's work targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, to cinema and global capitalism. Of this works, The Political Unconscious remains one of the most widely cited Marxist literary-theoretical texts, and a later article, 'Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism', is amongst the most influential statements on the nature of postmodernity ever published.
Adam Roberts offers an engaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read.
Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
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Fredric Jameson
Widely recognised as one of today's most important cultural critics, Fredric Jameson's work targets subjects from architecture to science fiction, to cinema and global capitalism. Of this works, The Political Unconscious remains one of the most widely cited Marxist literary-theoretical texts, and a later article, 'Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism', is amongst the most influential statements on...Paperback$12900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
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amazon.com praises the book for its extensive discussion of Jameson's intellectual and historical contexts and recommends it as the ideal guide to the thinker. Choice describes it as a clear and useful companion to Jameson's oeuvre.
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ISBN: 9780415215237
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 September 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 3 Tables, black and white
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 330g
Pages: 180
About the Author
Adam Roberts is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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