Marxist critique and modernity in Fredric Jameson

• Grant number: 14/25533-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2015
• End date: June 01, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Musse
• Grantee: Giovanna Henrique Marcelino
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/05385-6 - Marxism and modernity in Fredric Jameson, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

This research project aims to promote a study of the thought of the American critical Marxist Fredric Jameson, identifying his contribution to the sociological debate of modernity. For this, we intend to find out how his diagnosis of the current phase of capitalism, presented by the notions of "postmodernity" and "globalization", identifies both the emergence of new features within the culture, coming with changes in the capitalista mode of production from the 1970s, and promotes an original update of prominent themes in the field of Marxism, linked to the theory of cultural industry, reification and emancipation. It is, therefore, a study related to the field of Marxist theory (in particular, the critical theory) whose ultimate goal is an interpretation both of Jameson's work as the social phenomena studied by him. From the critique of society developed by the author, is expected to eventually provide an understanding of contemporary Marxist debate and its attempts to theoretical apprehension of the transformation of capitalist society in recent decades. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MARCELINO, Giovanna Henrique. Marxism and modernity in Fredric Jameson. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.