The Cultural Turn : Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998

Fredric Jameson, a leading voice on the subject of postmodernism, assembles his most powerful writings on the culture of late capitalism in this essential volume. Classic insights on pastiche, nostalgia, and architecture stand alongside essays on the status of history, theory, Marxism, and the subject in an age propelled by finance capital and endless spectacle. Surveying the debates that blaze…

New Left Review II/102 Nov/Dec 2016

Hazem Kandil: Sisi's Egypt Anatomy of a counter-revolution and its epigonic figurehead. Shifting relations of military, state security and business networks, in the ad-hoc construction of a regime more repressive than its predecessor. Hazem Kandil discusses the merciless crackdown on the Bedouin in Sinai, and consoling myths of the Muslim Brothers. Rob Wallace, Rodrick Wallace: Ebola'…

New Left Review II/95 Sept/Oct 2015

Wolfgang Streeck: Why the Euro Divides Europe A landmark critique of Smithian notions of money as neutral medium of exchange, naturalized in social theory from Parsons to Habermas. Arguing instead for Weber’s concept of money as weapon in the market struggle, Wolfgang Streeck reveals how the single currency has transformed Europe’s qualitative horizontal diversity into quantitative ver…

New Left Review II/97 Jan/Feb 2016

Benedict Anderson: Riddles of Yellow and Red The bitter oppositions of Thai politics can seem strangely lacking in ideological substance. How might they be explained? In one of his last lectures, Benedict Anderson considers a crucial but overlooked factor: divisions within the country’s Sino-Thai communities. Mike Davis: The Coming Desert Episodes from the history of climate science, where…

Nationalism, Colonialism And Literature

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ISBN/ISSN

816618631

Deskripsi Fisik

102

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

820.9358 EAGL

Bretch and Method

The legacy of Bertolt Brecht is much contested, whether by those who wish to forget or to vilify his politics, but his stature as the outstanding political playwright and poet of the twentieth century is unforgettably established in this major critical work. Fredric Jameson elegantly dissects the intricate connections between Brecht's drama and politics, demonstrating the way these combined to …