JAMESON ON JAMESON: CONVERSATIONS ON CULTURAL MARXISM

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 280 pages. Retrospective collection of interviews. The single most accessible introduction to the ground-breaking and influential cultural criticism and philosophy of Fredric Jameson. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original for public libraries and academic institutions only and as part of the seminal "Post-Contemporary Interventions" Series. None of the copies was commercially sold. The First Hardcover Edition is now rare. It is elegantly produced, with gray cloth boards, red and metallic-silver titles on the spine, and printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. The First Edition is now rare. Presents "Jameson On Jameson: Conversations On Cultural Marxism". Packed with brilliant ideas, and more important, immensely approachable, readable, and riveting. Fredric Jameson speaks, eloquently, in his own voice, which voice he has consciously and actively suppressed in his dense, academic writings. "One of the most influential literary and cultural critics writing today. A theoretical innovator whose ideas about the intersections of politics and culture have reshaped the critical landscape across the humanities and social sciences. A compellingly candid introduction to his thought for those new to it and a rich source of illumination and clarification for those seeking deeper understanding. Discusses his intellectual and political preoccupations, most prominently his commitment to Marxism as a way of critiquing capitalism and the culture it has engendered. Explains many of his key concepts: Postmodernism, the dialectic, meta-commentary, the political unconscious, the Utopian, cognitive mapping, and spatialization. Displays Jameson's extraordinary grasp of contemporary culture: Architecture, art, cinema, literature, philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, and urban geography as well as the challenge that the geographic reach of his thinking poses to the Euro-centricity of the West. Elicits Jameson's reflections on the broad international significance of his ideas and their applicability and implications in different cultural and political contexts, including the present phase of globalization" (Publisher's blurb) . "You have to remember that the intellectuals in the 1960's were 95 percent Marxists. Today, 89 percent are anti-Marxist" (Fredric Jameson) . An absolute "must-have" title for Fredric Jameson collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original for public libraries and academic institutions only. None of the copies was commercially sold. It is elegantly produced, with gray cloth boards, red and metallic-silver titles on the spine, and printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. A rare copy thus. One of the most important and influential American critic/thinkers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO SLAVOJ ZIZEK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).