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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Jameson, Fredric (1934-....)
Titre(s) : A singular modernity [Texte imprimé] : essay on the ontology of the present / Fredric Jameson
Publication : London : Verso, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (250 p.) ; 19 cm
Comprend : Preface: Regressions of the Current Age ; ; Part I. The Four Maxims of Modernity.
Transitional Modes ; - Part II. Modernism as Ideology ; - Conclusion: 'Il faut etre
absolument moderne!'
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 217-239. Index
"The concepts of modernity and modernism are amongst the most controversial and vigorously
debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this new, muscular, intervention
Fredric Jameson -- erhaps the most influential and persuasive theorist of postmodernity
-- explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner. The extraordinary revival
of discussions of modernity, as well as of new theories of artistic modernism, demands
attention in its own right. It seems clear that the provisional disappearance of alternatives
to capitalism plays its part in the universal attempt to revive 'modernity' as a social
ideal. Yet the paradoxes of the concept illustrate its legitimate history and suggest
some rules for avoiding its misuse as well. In this major new interpretation of the
problematic, Jameson concludes that both concepts are tainted but nonetheless yield
clues as to the nature of the phenomena they purported to theorize. His judicious
and vigilant probing of both terms -- which can probably not be banished at this late
date -- helps us clarify our present political and artistic situations."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Modernité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1859846742. - ISBN 9781859846742. - ISBN 1859844502. - ISBN 9781859844502. -
ISBN 9781781680223. - ISBN 1781680221 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44282638v
Notice n° :
FRBNF44282638
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