# Allegory and Ideology

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- Book: [Allegory and Ideology](https://www.bookquiver.com/fredric-jameson/allegory-and-ideology) ([Allegory and Ideology.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/fredric-jameson/allegory-and-ideology.md))
- Authors: [Fredric Jameson](https://www.bookquiver.com/fredric-jameson)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8873-043-3
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2020-11-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Fredric Jameson takes on the allegorical form Works do not have meanings, they soak up meanings: a work is a machine for libidinal investments (including the political kind). It is a process that sorts...