Fredric Jameson

Fredric Jameson
Jameson in 2004
Born
Fredric Ruff Jameson

(1934-04-14)April 14, 1934
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 2024(2024-09-22) (aged 90)
Killingworth, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materHaverford College (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
SpouseSusan Willis
Children3
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Institutions
ThesisThe Origins of Sartre's Style (1959)
Doctoral advisorErich Auerbach
Doctoral studentsKim Stanley Robinson[3]
Sara Danius[4]
Other notable studentsJohn Beverley[5][2]
Main interests
Notable ideas

Fredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.[6] He was best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991)[7] and The Political Unconscious (1981).

Jameson was the Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of Romance Studies (French), and Director of the Institute for Critical Theory at Duke University.[8] In 2012, the Modern Language Association gave Jameson its sixth Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement.[9]

  1. ^ Mohanty 1997, pp. 93–115.
  2. ^ a b Beverley, John (2008), "La política de la teoría: Un itinerario personal", in Vidal, Hernán (ed.), Treinta años de estudios literarios/culturales latinoamericanistas en Estados Unidos. Memorias, testimonios, reflexiones críticas, Pittsburgh: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, pp. 114–115, ISBN 9781930744325. Reprinted in his Políticas de la teoría. Ensayos sobre subalternidad y hegemonía, ed. Sergio Villalobos-Ruminott, Caracas: Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies, 2011 (manuscript copy) and Sobre los límites del campo. Ensayos de crítica literaria latinoamericanista, Raleigh, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ESF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Orthofer, M.A. (December 22, 2014), "Swedish Academy news", The Literary Saloon, archived from the original on December 22, 2014
  5. ^ Beverley, John (1980), Aspects of Góngora's "Soledades", Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. xiii, ISBN 90-272-1711-4
  6. ^ Sotiris, Panagiotis (September 22, 2024). "Fredric R. Jameson (1934–2024)". Historical Materialism.
  7. ^ Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 1991. p. 438. ISBN 81-903403-2-8. OCLC 948832273.
  8. ^ "Fredric Jameson". Duke University – Scholars@Duke. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  9. ^ "Fredric Jameson to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award". Today.duke.edu. December 4, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2017.