My forthcoming "Geocritical Cosmopolitanism" is now up on Google Books, where the first 25 pages or so are available for preview! books.google.com/books?id=xQz...
Jameson Monopoly, a thread. 1/9
Robert Tally
Thanks to our authors from May: John Schultz, @roberttally.bsky.social , @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social , Paul Ginsberg, @davidkr.bsky.social , Anita Zsurzsán , and Robin Peterson
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Going through the proofs now, and I find this slogan going through my mind constantly: "Erich Auerbach, now more than ever!" www.routledge.com/Geocritical-...
My talk on Chapters 8-13 of "The Hobbit," part of the Tolkien Society's Big Read series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRo...
For my contribution to the Tolkien Society's "Big Read" project this year, I discuss Chapters 8-13 of "The Hobbit." www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRo...
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Our forthcoming "The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory" made this "What to Read" list! www.frieze.com/article/what...
All Grim Prints
Fredric Jameson was one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In "The Future of Totality" Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Durão, and @roberttally.bsky.social gather scholars to discuss the usefulness of his work for this moment. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/vPk2taH
Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In th...
Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In th...
From a collection of fantastical short stories from Argentina to a new collection of essays on Fredric Jameson, the frieze team share their summer reading
On the occasion of Thomas Zigal's publication of The Seasons of Rick Roderick Robert T. Tally Jr. reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick R...
Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium.
Quantian
This is a paranoid fantasy that the media encourages but it’s actually not true. The US produces a very educated populace.
It’s just that the sheer scale of our R&D requires drawing on the finest talents of a far larger population base via immigration.
Zoomer Antimillenarian
2/ The US is incapable of educating its citizens, hence the ~50% immigrants doing R&D. As RoW catches up post colonialism, WWII and neo colonialism, there will still be movement but it will no longer be unidirectional.
China is relatively well placed currently to gain a lot of soft power.
