Postmodernism,_or,_the_Cultural_Logic_of_Late_Capitalism

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Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

1991 book by Fredric Jameson

Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a 1991 book by Fredric Jameson, in which the author offers a critique of modernism and postmodernism from a Marxist perspective. The book began as a 1984 article in the New Left Review.[1][2] It has been presented as his "most wide-ranging and accessible book".[3]

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Jameson defines postmodernism as the cultural system of a global, financialized stage of capitalist society. Jameson argues that postmodernism is characterized by a "crisis of historicity," a "waning of affect," and a prevalence of pastiche. He traces these characteristics of postmodernism across a variety of fields and media, including film, television, literature, economics, architecture, and philosophy. In one of his most prominent examples, he draws out the differences between modernism and postmodernism by comparing Van Gogh's “Peasant Shoes” with Andy Warhol's “Diamond Dust Shoes.” For Jameson, postmodernism, as a form of mass-culture driven by capitalism, pervades every aspect of our daily lives.

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  1. [1]
    Giri, Meenakshi; Kellner, Douglas M., eds. (2001). "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism". Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 550–587. ISBN 9780631220954. OCLC 44650979.
  2. [2]
    Jameson, Fredric (July–August 1984). "Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism". New Left Review. I (146). New Left Review.
  3. [3]
    "Postmodernism". Verso. Retrieved 2023-09-12.


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