Category Archives: Fredric Jameson

Syllabus for Media and Cultural Studies

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012 Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321 Ted Friedman Office: 738 One Park Place South ted@tedfriedman.com http://twitter.com/tedfriedman http://tedfriedman.com Course Description What are the political dimensions of popular culture? How does culture reflect, influence, and embody structures of power? … Continue reading →

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Marx, Jung & Yoda: The Dialectics of The Force

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Here’s a talk about Star Wars and myth that I gave last month  at the Academy of Religious Studies conference in San Francisco. Feedback is welcome – I’m in the process of turning this into the introduction to my book, … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for American Film History II, Fall 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Film 4960/6960, Fall 2011 Class: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00-2:15, Classroom South 426 Screenings: Thursdays at 2:30, Arts & Humanities 406 Office: 738 One Park Place South email: ted@tedfriedman.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman website: http://www.tedfriedman.com Course Description How do movies reflect and influence … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for PostMarxisms, Summer 2011

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

COMM 6160/8980, Summer 2011 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:45-7:30 1020 One Park Place Course Description Is Marxism dead? If so, what other forms of critique and imagination can help us think beyond the injustices and unsustainability of global capitalism? What can … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Up to the Last Five Years

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

I recently had to write up what I’ve been working on over the last five years for my “post-tenure dossier,” so I thought I’d excerpt that here to explain how I got from Electric Dreams: Computers and American Culture to … Continue reading →

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Summer Graduate Seminar: Post-Marxisms

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

This summer I’ll be teaching a graduate seminar, “Post-Marxisms.” Here’s an overview: Is Marxism dead? If so, what other forms of critique and imagination can help us think beyond the injustices and unsustainability of global capitalism? What can we learn … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Reflections on Projection

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

From tweets the night of February 13, 2011. In Jungian terms, technological determinism is projection: giving power to machines that really belongs to ourselves. Projection is necessary & valuable – it’s what Robert Johnson calls “carrying your gold” when you’re … Continue reading →

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Power Is Fractal

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

Close reading works because power is fractal. Zoom in: microstruggles of text. Zoom out: macrostruggles of world. 100% resolution = the struggle being played out in your bodymind.

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Quora: Questions, Answers, and More Questions

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Quora is a new social media service that’s organized around questions and answers. So far, it’s pretty intriguing. The proto-web of the 1980s – Gopher, FTP sites, BBSs – was built around collectively-authored FAQs. I’m sure Google, Bing and Facebook … Continue reading →

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GSU Film 4810: Media and Popular Culture Syllabus

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Media and Popular Culture Film 4810, Spring 2011 Mondays & Wednesdays 1:30-2:45, Aderhold 303 Office: 738 One Park Place South Email: ted3k@me.com    Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman Website: http://tedfriedman.com/teaching Popular culture is often described as “escapist” entertainment. But this dismissal evades some very … Continue reading →

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Tedcast #3: Interviewed by Erik Davis

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

The third Tedcast takes a break from my Fantasy & Science Fiction lectures to present an interview with me conducted by Erik Davis. Erik hosts Expanding Minds on the Progressive Radio Network, and is author of numerous books, including a … Continue reading →

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Centaur Manifesto

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

I’m writing a book about centaurs and cyborgs – about trying to bring together mythos and logos, magic and science, Carl Jung and Karl Marx, Maria Von Franz and Fredric Jameson. I’m podcasting the book via my lectures on Tedcast. I’m tweeting … Continue reading →

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Farmville Mandalas

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Click here for “Farmville: The Garden in the Machine.” In Media Res (December 8, 2010).

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Tedcast #2: Magic and Extrapolation

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

My rebooted podcast, TedCast, is up and running. The first few episodes will come from Fantasy and Science Fiction, a course I teach at GSU. Future episodes will cover cultural studies, new media, film history, and eventually  everything else I … Continue reading →

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Tedcast #1: Fantasy and Science Fiction

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Here’s  Episode 1 of Tedcast, my rebooted podcast. It’s the first class in Fantasy and Science Fiction Media, a class I taught at GSU in Fall 2010. In this opening lecture, I introduce the concept of genre and discuss what … Continue reading →

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FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

I just wrote a short piece, FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine, as a “curator’s note” for the digital humanities website In Media Res. Here’s the slideshow that goes with it:

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Radio Interview on the Centaur Manifesto

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Here’s a phone interview I did about the Centaur Manifesto with Erik Davis of Expanding Mind, a show on the Progressive Radio Network. More info about Erik and his work is available at techgnosis.com.

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Updates on Tedlog, Tedcast, @tedfriedman, tedfriedman.com, syllabi, & books

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

I’m in the midst of a blogging-software shift from Movable Type to WordPress, which explains the current inconsistencies between this site (tedfriedman.wordpress.com) and my original website, tedfriedman.com. Eventually I’ll port all of tedfriedman.com over to WordPress, then move this blog … Continue reading →

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A Centaur Manifesto (Updated)

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

I’m writing a book about centaurs and cyborgs, myth and history, magic and science, Maria Von Franz and Fredric Jameson, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. I’m podcasting the book via my lectures on Tedcast. I’m tweeting the book via the … Continue reading →

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And Now a Word from Noisy (Updated)

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

Hi, I’m Noisy. Won’t you be my neighbor? I’m the middle of Ted and Kate’s three cats. The newest is Pilot Squeaky, a three month old kitten. Congratulations to Rebecca Jackson, who won the #namethiskitty contest with the suggestion that … Continue reading →

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