Working with Walter Benjamin : recovering a political philosophy
Benjamin, Andrew EAuthor
This book provides a highly original approach to the writings of the twentieth-century German philosopher Walter Benjamin by one of his most distinguished readers. It develops the idea of 'working with' Benjamin, seeking both to read his corpus and to put it to work - to show how a reading of Benjamin can open up issues that may not themselves be immediately at stake in his texts. The defining elements in Benjamin's writings that the author isolates - history, experience, translation, technical reproducibility, and politics - are put to work; that is, their utility is established in engaging the works of others.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a highly original approach to the writings of the twentieth-century German philosopher Walter Benjamin by one of his most distinguished readers. It develops the idea of 'working with' Benjamin, seeking both to read his corpus and to put it to work - to show how a reading of Benjamin can open up issues that may not themselves be immediately at stake in his texts. The defining elements in Benjamin's writings that the author isolates - history, experience, translation, technical reproducibility, and politics - are put to work; that is, their utility is established in engaging the works of others.
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
Political science
Languages & Literatures
Philosophy & Religion
Germanic Literature
Philosophy