Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to His Work and Thought - Couverture rigide

Steiner, Uwe

 
9780226772219: Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to His Work and Thought
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ISBN 10 : 0226772217 ISBN 13 : 9780226772219
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

Seven decades after his death, German Jewish writer, philosopher, and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) continues to fascinate and influence. Here Uwe Steiner offers a comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the oeuvre of this intriguing theorist.

Acknowledged only by a small circle of intellectuals during his lifetime, Benjamin is now a major figure whose work is essential to an understanding of modernity. Steiner traces the development of Benjamin's thought chronologically through his writings on philosophy, literature, history, politics, the media, art, photography, cinema, technology, and theology. Walter Benjamin reveals the essential coherence of its subject's thinking while also analyzing the controversial or puzzling facets of Benjamin's work. That coherence, Steiner contends, can best be appreciated by placing Benjamin in his proper context as a member of the German philosophical tradition and a participant in contemporary intellectual debates.

As Benjamin's writing attracts more and more readers in the English-speaking world, Walter Benjamin will be a valuable guide to this fascinating body of work.

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À propos des auteurs

Uwe Steiner is professor in and chair of the Department of German Studies at Rice University and the author or editor of numerous books in German.



Michael Winkleris professor emeritus of German studies at Rice University. He has translated many books, including Uwe Steiner s"Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to His Work and Thought", also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226772217
ISBN 13 
9780226772219
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
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