The contingency of cheese: On Fredric Jameson’s The Antinomies of Realism

David Cunningham ~ RP 187 (Sept/Oct 2014) ~ Article

The contingency of cheese On Fredric Jameson’s The Antinomies of Realism David cunningham Fredric Jameson has been a busy man over the last decade. As well as two massive tomes on science fiction and modernism, combining republished essays with extensive new material, there has been a trilogy of books on Hegel and Marx which have […]

Faust on film: Walter Benjamin and the cinematic ontology of Goethe’s Faust 2

Matthew Charles ~ RP 172 (Mar/Apr 2012), pp. 18–29 ~ Article

Isn’t it an affront to Goethe to make a film of Faust, and isn’t there a world of difference between the poem Faust and the film Faust? Yes, certainly. But, again, isn’t there a whole world of difference between a bad film of Faust and a good one? Walter Benjamin, Arcades Project (N1a, 4)Whilst the […]