The cultural turn : selected writings on the postmodern, 1983-1998 / Fredric Jameson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jameson, Fredric.

Series:

Radical thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

xiv, 206 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2009.

Summary:

Fredric Jameson, a leading voice on the subject of postmodernism, assembles his most powerful writings on the culture of late capitalism in this essential volume. Classic insights on pastiche, nostalgia, and architecture stand alongside essays on the status of history, theory, Marxism, and the subject in an age propelled by finance capital and endless spectacle. Surveying the debates that blazed up around his earlier essays, Jameson responds to critics and maps out the theoretical positions of postmodernism's prominent friends and foes. -- Publisher description.

Contents:

Postmodernism and consumer society

Theories of the postmodern

Marxism and postmodernism

The antinomies of postmodernity

Culture and finance capital

The brick and the balloon: architecture, idealism and land speculation.

Notes:

Originally published: London ; New York : Verso, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781844673490

1844673499

OCLC:

286422040