Phylogénie et biogéographie des coléoptères

Like Hegel and Lukacs, Jameson historicizes literary productions and holds a totalitarian view of history.
But Jameson takes into consideration not only the historical conditions of the literary works but also those of the literary critics.
To him, moreover, literature disguises but not reflects, and the "absent cause" for the modes of literary production and criticism is ideology, instead of spirit or essence.