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Fredric Jameson
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American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)
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Fredric Jameson (1934–2024) was an American essayist, political scientist, writer, and literary critic. Born in Cleveland, he was educated at Haverford College and Yale University. He served as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and worked at Duke University. His academic interests included literary criticism, philosophy, political theory, and Marxism.
Jameson received the Holberg International Memorial Prize, the Pilgrim Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vladimir Lenin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Georg Lukács. His doctoral advisor was Erich Auerbach, and his doctoral student was Kim Stanley Robinson. He wrote in English and authored notable works such as *Marxism and form*, *Mimesis*, and *Expression, Construction*.
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- Born
- 14 April 1934
- Died
- 2024
- Works
- 61
Top works
- Marxism and form
- 馬克思主義
- 後現代主義或晚期資本主義的文化邏輯
- O marxismo tardio
- Mimesis, Expression, Construction
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Key facts
- Born
- Fredric Ruff Jameson , ( 1934-04-14 ) April 14, 1934, Cleveland , Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22) (aged 90), Killingworth, Connecticut , U.S.
- Spouse
- Susan Willis
- Education
- Haverford College ( BA ), Yale University ( PhD )
- Thesis
- The Origins of Sartre's Style (1959)
- Doctoral advisor
- Erich Auerbach
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Western Marxism Marxist hermeneutics
- Institutions
- Harvard University (1959–67) UC San Diego (1967–76) Yale University (1976–83) UC Santa Cruz (1983–85) Duke University (1985–2024)
- Doctoral students
- Kim Stanley Robinson , Sara Danius
- Notable students
- John Beverley
- Main interests
- Marxist cultural analysis , utopia Marxist literary criticism , history postmodernism structuralism cultural studies science fiction modernism narrative dialectics
- Notable ideas
- Alternate modernity Cognitive mapping National allegory Political unconscious Vanishing mediator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Durham
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Erich Auerbach
- Doctoral student
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Field of work
- Marxism
- Image
- Fredric Jameson no Fronteiras Porto Alegre (5765587378) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-04-14
- influenced by
- Philip K. Dick
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- Fredric Jameson
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Fredric Jameson
- date of death
- 2024-09-22
- interested in
- literary criticism
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Encyclopedic overview
Fredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. 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) 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. In 2012, the Modern Language Association gave Jameson its sixth Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement.
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