Is anyone here into Fredric Jameson?
Where do I start with him? Are his theories useful for understanding literature/lit type things in 2016?
I've decided to get into literary theory, and I like that he's marxist, but also seems to be beyond some of the easier marxist ideas like just looking at who is rich and poor or w/e in a text)
wasn't he the cultural marxist who dropped marxism like a hot potato and switched to nationalism after the creation of israel? lol why would u study any shit but a scumbag like that
I'm not into him, but he's nonetheless influential and should be studied if you want to go deep into theory. His essay "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," is incredibly influential. It was quite controversial when it was first published, but looking back, I think he was very prescient on certain points.
>>7716183
he petitioned Duke to divest from Israel, i think you're thinking of someone else, maybe Hitchens?
>>7716220
hitchens wasn't even a published author before the creation of israel and he was never marxist, god damn u sir r a fuxing pleb
>>7716236
>An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mysticism, Benjamin made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism.
> Benjamin expressed "My life experience led me to this insight: the Jews represent an elite in the ranks of the spiritually active ... For Judaism is to me in no sense an end in itself, but the most distinguished bearer and representative of the spiritual."
>>7716230
he was almost always a trotskyite
>>7716268
>trotskyite
menscheviks aren't marxist but counter revolutionary tools
I'm not really interested as much in his politics, as I am his ideas on how to interpret literature.
this board gets too political too fast, and I'm not really sure why.
