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A review by dubiousdeeds
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson
4.0
Two heads-up warnings to people reading this:
1) this is at least 50% essays which were released elsewhere before and thus not always coherent
2) Jameson quotes a lot (Althusser, Adorno and Horkheimer, Kant, Williams, Sartre, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Gramsci, Laclau and Moffe, Benjamin, Lacan, Derrida, Barthes, Deleuze and Guattari, Foucault etc.) and often only touches on what he refers to which occasionally leaves the reader that isn't familiar with the lot of philosophy since the 18th century with the refreshing feeling of swimming in open water.
That being said, when this book is good (like in the Culture, Economics, Film chapters and the conclusion) it is really good, evolves some great ideas about culture and thinking and constantly proposes ideas which will stay with the reader.
1) this is at least 50% essays which were released elsewhere before and thus not always coherent
2) Jameson quotes a lot (Althusser, Adorno and Horkheimer, Kant, Williams, Sartre, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Gramsci, Laclau and Moffe, Benjamin, Lacan, Derrida, Barthes, Deleuze and Guattari, Foucault etc.) and often only touches on what he refers to which occasionally leaves the reader that isn't familiar with the lot of philosophy since the 18th century with the refreshing feeling of swimming in open water.
That being said, when this book is good (like in the Culture, Economics, Film chapters and the conclusion) it is really good, evolves some great ideas about culture and thinking and constantly proposes ideas which will stay with the reader.