THE DIALECTIC OF WAR AND UTOPIA: SYSTEMIC CLOSURE AND EMBATTLED SOCIAL LIFE IN THE WORK OF FREDRIC JAMESON.
The article discusses Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson's dialectic of war and Utopia in his books "Sartre: The Origins of a Style" through "Valences of the Dialectic." Topics covered include the capitalist system's view that competition is an organizing principle of social life, the relati...
| Publicado en: | Criticism Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 177 - 205 |
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Wayne State University Press
Spring2016
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| Sumario: | The article discusses Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson's dialectic of war and Utopia in his books "Sartre: The Origins of a Style" through "Valences of the Dialectic." Topics covered include the capitalist system's view that competition is an organizing principle of social life, the relationship between war and Utopia at different levels, and the imagination of the great collective project. Also noted is the operation of geopolitics within the Utopian project. |
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