Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
9th Century Art Civilization; Modern Film & Video History History & Criticism History & Surveys History & Theory Literary Criticism Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945) Performing Arts Philosophy Political Science Postmodernism Postmodernism (Literature) Postmodernism [Literature] Semiotics & Theory Social Science
Review
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
About the Author
Fredric Jameson is Professor and Chair of the Literature Program at Duke University. He is the coeditor, with Masao Miyoshi, of The Cultures of Globalization, also published by Duke University Press.