As a cultural Marxist, Jameson asserts that all cultural texts are inherently political and shaped by the socio-economic conditions of their time. His famous dictum “Always historicize” reflects his ...

Raymond Williams showed us what Marxist cultural analysis should really involve in a series of brilliant works. ...

The esteemed literary theorist, who died on Sunday at 90, helped us think about postmodernism and a dizzying array of other ...

F rançois Certeau was a French historian and cultural critic known for his work on how everyday life is shaped by cultural ...

I had a visit from a schoolmate I had not seen since the “good old days” of pre-Khomeini Iran. Under the Shah he spent eight months in prison because he was supposed to be on the left. Under the ...