A Singular Modernity
A Singular Modernity: Essay on the Ontology of the Present Fredric Jameson,
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1859844502
Edition: Paperback; 2002-11
Summary:
The concepts of modernity and modernism are amongst the most
controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and
cultural theory. In this new, muscular, intervention Fredric
Jamesonperhaps the most influential and persuasive theorist of
postmodernityexplores these notions in a fresh and illuminating
manner. The extraordinary revival of discussions of modernity, as
well as of new theories of artistic modernism, demands attention in
its own right. It seems clear that the provisional disappearance of
alternatives to capitalism plays its part in the universal attempt to
revive 'modernity' as a social ideal. Yet the paradoxes of the
concept illustrate its legitimate history and suggest some rules for
avoiding its misuse as well. In this major new interpretation of the
problematic, Jameson concludes that both concepts are tainted but
nonetheless yield clues as to the nature of the phenomena they
purported to theorize. His judicious and vigilant probing of both
termswhich can probably not be banished at this late datehelps us
clarify our present political and artistic situations.
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