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"At the time of his death in 2024, Fredric Jameson had long been one of the most important Marxist critics in the world, and his vast body of work continues to challenge orthodoxies while retaining close ties to older critical and philosophical traditions - notably dialectical criticism, formal analysis, and utopian discourse. The Future of Totality brings together a selection of Jameson's former students and other prominent scholars thinking from Jameson, rather than writing on him. Emerging from a symposium on Jameson's work that asked what is to be done in response to our current moment, this book seeks to represent future directions of Jamesonian thought in the tradition of dialectical criticism and cultural study. Through four sections reflecting and building on Jameson's legacy, focusing on theory, critical reading of new forms, the reshaping of contemporary problematics, and new dimensions inspired by the scholar, this volume makes its own intervention about the continuity and innovation of Jameson's contributions. Serving as both a tribute to the scholar and a space for thinking about the future of his work, the essays in this volume seek to interpret the world to change it"-- Provided by publisher.
