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Fredric Jameson
Fredric Ruff Jameson was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He was best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) and The Political Unconscious (1981).
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culture · American academic and literary critic (1934–2024) · essayist · political scientist · writer · literary critic · sociologist · journalist · editor · politician · philosopher · literary theorist · also Fredric Jameson, Fredric Ruff Jameson, Fredric R. Jameson, Jameson
Born 14 April 1934 · Died 22 September 2024 · Q347362
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2024· 3 entries
Died 2024-09-22.
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It was generally recognized that he was the preeminent critic of postmodernism
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial” in The Lancet — cited 1,544 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,680 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
Won Wilbur Cross Medal (2013).
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As Knut Schmidt Nielsen Distinguished Professorship of Comparative Literature
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2012· 1 entry
The Modern Language Association gave Jameson its sixth Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement
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2011· 1 entry
Rey Chow, then chair of Duke University's literature program, reflected on Jameson's career on the occasion of presenting him with a lifetime achievement award:
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2009· 1 entry
Jameson was awarded the Lyman Tower Sargent Distinguished Scholar Award by the North American Society for Utopian Studies
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Holberg International Memorial Prize (2008).
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Jameson was awarded the annual Holberg International Memorial Prize in recognition of his career-long research "on the relation between social formations and cultural forms"
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2007· 1 entry
Published “The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)” in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — cited 2,175 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Pilgrim Award (2006).
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1994· 1 entry
Published “T cell receptor antagonist peptides induce positive selection” in Cell — cited 2,234 times.
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1992· 1 entry
Published “Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” — cited 1,896 times.
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1991· 1 entry
And is still Duke University Press's all-time bestseller (as of 2024)
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded James Russell Lowell Prize (1990).
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1988· 1 entry
Published “Aerodynamic design via control theory” in Journal of Scientific Computing — cited 1,531 times.
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1987· 1 entry
Jameson published a book entitled Postmodernism and Cultural Theories
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1985· 2 entries
Joined Duke University as Professor of Literature and Professor of Romance Studies
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Was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1984· 1 entry
With his article titled "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism" that was first published in the journal New Left Review
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1981· 1 entry
Published “Numerical solution of the Euler equations by finite volume methods using Runge Kutta time stepping schemes” in 14th Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Conference — cited 1,917 times.
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1978).
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1976· 1 entry
And by the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded William Riley Parker Prize (1971).
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Jameson earned the MLA's William Riley Parker Prize
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1969).
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Jameson co-founded the Marxist Literary Group with a number of his graduate students at the University of California, San Diego
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1959· 2 entries
Studied at Yale University, Doctor of Philosophy (1959).
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For a dissertation on The Origins of Sartre's Style
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1954· 1 entry
Briefly traveled to Europe, studying at Aix-en-Provence, Munich, and Berlin, where he learned of new developments in continental philosophy, including the rise of structuralism
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-04-14.
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