“Jameson on Jameson will be useful to scholars in need of accessible thematic and methodological introductions to Jameson’s form of historical materialism and cultural studies. Further, the interviews do allow Jameson to explain some of his concepts in relation to each other and in contexts different from those they were fi rst proposed to explain, such as any possible relationship between the political unconscious and the postmodern understood as an epiphenomenon of late capital, and to reflect on topical
questions within the frame of the broader inquiry he is dedicated to.” — Daniel Gustav Anderson, Rocky Mountain Review
“[T]his book will disclose all the qualities one can find in Jameson’s books: an exceptional mix of political commitment and erudition, of curiosity and stubbornness, of sophistication and clear-cut convictions.” — Jan Baetens, Leonardo Reviews
“Fredric Jameson may well be the greatest intellectual produced by the United States in the last half century. It is difficult to think of anyone else who has made as many, as lasting, and as wide- ranging contributions as Jameson. . . . The present collection of interviews from 1981 to the present, then, stands as a welcome commentary on Jameson’s vast work and an important reflection of the changes in American intellectual life in the period from the last days of the Cold War to the end of the second Bush administration.” — Paul Allen Miller, Intertexts
“In just ten interviews, key concepts like allegory, utopia, the dialectic, postmodernism, and metacommentary all come under consideration in a variety of contexts, from literature, architecture, and psychoanalysis to politics, global culture, and religion. But if the very least of this book’s achievements is to orient the reader towards a more sustained engagement with Jameson’s work, then it will certainly have served its purpose.” — Aaron F. Hodges, Science & Society
“Jameson . . . well known for the amazing variety of subjects he discusses. The many readers who find his style hard to grasp will find considerable help in this collection. . . . The book makes his key concepts accessible. . . . Recommended for literary and cultural criticism collections.” — Library Journal
“One of the most influential literary and cultural critics writing today, Jameson . . . is credited with reshaping the critical landscape across the humanities and social sciences.” — Duke Magazine