Editorial Review:

Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism." Jameson's inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from "high" art to "low," from market ideology to architecture, from painting to "punk" film, from video art to literature.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

An Endless Play of Random Signifers:

Jameson has postmodernism as the endless play of random signifiers. The difficulty with this is that there is zilch new with mysterious signfiers being batted around. 2000 years ago each port on the trade route brought a city which was totally unlike the city of orginination. That every detail didn't make sense wasn't a difficulty then and isn't a difficulty now. Postmodernism as described by Jameson isn't a new aporia that the individual for the first time is confronting today. The solution to the... more info

Impressive:

Jameson's book is, if the subject is somewhat redundant some 18 years after publication, altogether proving of Jameson's brilliance, not merely in his critical analysis of attitudes toward the visual arts and men of letters, but in his synopsis of philosophical and cultural underpinnings of this phenomenon. He is somewhat scathing but fair in his treatment. I highly recommend this impressive volume to anyone--willing to take on the challenge--seriously interested in recent culture and arts critique.

Not for those lacking in vocabulary:

A thorough, yet occasionally vague study of postmodernism. Jameson's flowery, somewhat esoteric writing style should be wrestled with care, as your journey through this book will most likely be met with more dead ends and re-readings than an actual elucidation of the topic, as the words "Yeah, okay...but what does that mean?" will probably pop into your head from time to time. Of course, the author is a distunguished critic and writer, and the book reflects that. However, if your aim is to get a brief... more info

The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism:

The term, Postmodernism refers to the cultural and ideological configuration that is taken to have replaced or be replacing Modernity. New movements in architecture and the arts as well as social theories indicate a change from modernity to postmodernity.
Frederic Jameson, an American Marxist social theorist and the author of the book, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, draws the attentions to the differences in culture between the modern and postmodern periods. In order to explain his arguments,... more info

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