Fredric Jameson, The Years of Theory. Postwar French Thought to the Present (Verso 2024)

Reviewed by Peter Beilharz

Who was Fredric Jameson? What were the years of Theory? Jameson died last year, leaving behind a thick and rich legacy of, well, Theory. Already in advance, the title of this book of lectures seems to anticipate the possibility that Theory may also be terminal. Has the moment of Theory then passed?