{"product_id":"mimesis-expression-construction","title":"Mimesis, Expression, Construction","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781915672162\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e brings Fredric Jameson's seminar on Adorno's \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e into print for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41798437372037,"sku":"PR399120","price":122.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXEMYDSXVLM.jpg?v=1786209662","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/mimesis-expression-construction","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}