Jameson

[Claus Hansen]

"The point of this digression on cultural theory in Adorno has been to 
emphasize
the presence at work within its dilemma of the same contradictions we have
underscored in philosophical thought, in the analysis of the 'concept', 
which can
neither be taken at face value as an autonomous instrument for grasping some
Real distinct from it, nor debunked in the fashion of the sociology of 
knowledge
or vulgar Ideologiekritik for that dimension of the lie and the illusion 
which is, in
our society, inherent in it. What is not yet clear is what it might mean, in
concrete situations, to think by means of a concept which is itself somehow
'false' in its very form. As for the peculiar contradictions in which the 
sociology
of knowledge and sociological critique of culture thereby find themselves
imprisoned, these are rather to be grounded in some deeper philosophical
notion of the heteronomy of critique itself - the paradox of the possible 
distance
of a part, the mind, from the whole of which it is a part - which will be 
examined
later" (p. 48)

I haven't but parts of Jamesons work - but I would love to hear more on your
thoughts on it when you have come further with your reading.

Kind regards,

Claus

At 17:29 19-04-03 -0300, you wrote:
>Dear list members,
>
>I am reading Jameson, Late Marxism, Adorno or the persistence of the
>dialectic, in Portuguese. I wonder if someone could do me a great favour
>sending me the last paragraph of Chapter 4 (use and abuse of cuture critic)
>in English. And I would love to hear any comments about Jameson's ideas on
>Adorno. So far, I think it is a good reavaliation of some important
>questions and problems of Adorno's philosophy. Do I have to be prepared for
>the whipping post by saying it? :-)
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Filipe

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