{"product_id":"mimesis-expression-construction-fredric-jamesons-seminar-on-aesthetic-theory-9781915672162","title":"Mimesis, Expression, Construction: Fredric Jamesons Seminar on Aesthetic Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e brings Fredric Jameson's famous Duke University seminar on Adorno's \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e into print for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranscribed and edited from audio recordings taken by Octavian Esanu of the original seminar at Duke University in 2003, \u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e reproduces Jameson and his students' engagement with \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential theories of modernist aesthetics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first and only published record of Jameson's teaching and pedagogic style, the seminar delves into modern and modernist aesthetics through the perspectives of Kant, Hegel, Freud, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche; Benjamin and other members of the Frankfurt School; the literary works of Thomas Mann and Samuel Beckett; the music of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg; the films of Chaplin, Vertov and Eisenstein; the aesthetic implications of psychoanalysis and biblical exegesis; classical music; and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented in the format of a play, with stage setting, student interruptions and exchanges, interjections, auditory noises, and ambient sounds, and complemented with scans of students' notes, \u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking addition to the work of one of the greatest modern cultural critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915672162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Fredric Jameson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505912971445,"sku":"9781915672162","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b585037c-2146-4c44-917b-95c96cad40e5.jpg?v=1705426698","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mimesis-expression-construction-fredric-jamesons-seminar-on-aesthetic-theory-9781915672162","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}