{"product_id":"9781915672162","title":"Mimesis, Expression, Construction","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\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\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\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":"Fredric Jameson","offers":[{"title":"Watkins Media |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-03-12","offer_id":44663284596991,"sku":"9781915672162","price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1c513576-f803-4724-8d9c-85d99bd58adf.jpg?v=1704532946","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781915672162","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}