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020			_a9781844674633
082			_a110 _bJAM
100			_aJameson, Fredric.
245			_aValences of the dialectic
260			_bVerso, _c2010 _aLondon :
300			_av, 625 p.; _c24 cm
365			_b32.99 _cGBP _d104.20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAfter half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, the concept of the evolution of an idea through conflicts arising from its inherent contradictions, transformed two centuries of Western philosophy. To Hegel, who dominated nineteenth-century thought, it was a metaphysical system. In the works of Marx, the dialectic became a tool for materialist historical analysis. Jameson brings a theoretical scrutiny to bear on the questions that have arisen in the history of this philosophical tradition, contextualizing the debate in terms of commodification and globalization, and with reference to thinkers such as Rousseau, Lukacs, Heidegger, Sartre, Derrida, and Althusser. Through rigorous, erudite examination, Valences of the Dialectic charts a movement toward the innovation of a 'spatial' dialectic. Jameson presents a new synthesis of thought that revitalizes dialectical thinking for the twenty-first century.
650			_aDialectic
650			_aAfrica
650			_aAnti-dialectics
650			_aBase, superstructure
650			_a Capitalism
650			_aDeconstruction
650			_aEurope
650			_aFrench Revolution
650			_aGramsci,Antonio
650			_a Hegel,Georg Wilhalm Friedrich
650			_a Ideology
650			_aameson, Fredric
650			_a Koresh,Karl
650			_aLukacs, Gyorgy
650			_aMarxism
650			_aNegation
650			_a Postmodernity
650			_a Religion
650			_aSatre,Jean-Paul
650			_aSocialism
650			_aTemporality
650			_a Utopia
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