Fredric Jameson Valences of the Dialectic (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Valences of the DialecticCondition: NewEAN: 9781844674633ISBN: 9781844674633Publisher: Verso BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/08/2010Author: Fredric JamesonLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1844674630Description: After half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, the concept of the evolution of an idea through conflicts arising from its inherent contradictions, transformed two centuries of Western philosophy. To Hegel, who dominated nineteenth-century thought, it was a metaphysical system. In the works of Marx, the dialectic became a tool for materialist historical analysis.Jameson brings a theoretical scrutiny to bear on the questions that have arisen in the history of this philosophical tradition, contextualizing the debate in terms of commodification and globalization, and with reference to thinkers such as Rousseau, Lukács, Heidegger, Sartre, Derrida, and Althusser. Through rigorous, erudite examination, Valences of the Dialectic charts a movement toward the innovation of a "spatial" dialectic. Jameson presents a new synthesis of thought that revitalizes dialectical thinking for the twenty-first century.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 880gGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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