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Archaeologies of the Future
Fredric Jameson
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Description for Archaeologies of the Future
Paperback. Investigates the development of the Utopian form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of Utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. This book also explores the relationship between utopia and science fiction through the representations of otherness and a study of the works of Philip Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson and others. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; FL; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future, Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness . alien life and alien worlds . and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, ... Read more
In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future, Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness . alien life and alien worlds . and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
431
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844675388
SKU
V9781844675388
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About Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University. The author of numerous books, he has over the last three decades developed a richly nuanced vision of Western culture's relation to political economy. He was a recipient of the 2008 Holberg International Memorial Prize. He is the author of many books, including Postmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic of ... Read more
Reviews for Archaeologies of the Future
Archaeologies of the Future is certainly among the most stunning studies of science fiction ever produced ... a vast treasure trove of a book, crammed with brilliant apercus ... Jameson is one of the world's most eminent cultural theorists, but he is also a peerless literary critic in the classical sense of the term.
Terry Eagleton
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Terry Eagleton
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