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Fredric Jameson

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American academic and literary critic (1934-2024)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1934 to 2024 · aged 90
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Fredric Ruff Jameson 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.

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2014Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
2013Wilbur Cross Medal
2008Holberg International Memorial Prize
2006Pilgrim Award
1990James Russell Lowell Prize
1978Guggenheim Fellowship
1971William Riley Parker Prize
1969Guggenheim Fellowship

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Fredric Ruff Jameson 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).

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United States
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1934 to 2024 · aged 90
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30 languages

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