Valences of the dialectic / Fredric Jameson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jameson, Fredric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialectic--Philosophy.

Dialectic.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

625 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2010.

Summary:

"After half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, the concept of the evolution of an idea through conflicts arising from its inherent contradictions, transformed two centuries of Western philosophy. To Hegel, who dominated nineteenth-century thought, it was a metaphysical system. In the works of Marx, the dialectic became a tool for materialist historical analysis. Jameson brings a theoretical scrutiny to bear on the questions that have arisen in the history of this philosophical tradition, contextualizing the debate in terms of commodification and globalization, and with reference to thinkers such as Rousseau, Lukacs, Heidegger, Sartre, Derrida, and Althusser. Through rigorous, erudite examination, Valences of the Dialectic charts a movement toward the innovation of a 'spatial' dialectic. Jameson presents a new synthesis of thought that revitalizes dialectical thinking for the twenty-first century."--Publisher description

Contents:

The three names of The dialectic

Hegel without Aufhebung

Hegel and reification

Hegel's contemporary critics

Commentaries

Marx's purloined letter

Deleuze and dualism

History and class consciousness as an unfinished project

Sartre's Critique, volume I : an introduction

Sartre's Critique, volume II : an introduction

Entries

Commodification

Cultural revolution

Persistencies of the dialectic : three sites

Lenin as political thinker

Rousseau and contradiction

Ideological analysis : a handbook

Politics

Actually existing marxism

Utopia as replication

Globalization as a philosophical issue

Globalization as political strategy

The valences of history

Making time appear

Making history appear.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Verso, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781844674633

1844674630

OCLC:

698450477