Quote of the day
American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.
Fredric Jameson
Born: April 14, 1934 (age 84)
Bio: Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends. He once described postmodernism as the spatialization of culture under the pressure of organized capitalism.
Known for:
- The Political Unconscious (1981)
- The Antinomies Of Realism (2013)
- A singular modernity (2002)