A Companion to the Works of Walter Benjamin

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Author: Rolf J. Goebel

ISBN-10: 1571133674

ISBN-13: 9781571133670

Category: Jewish Philosophy

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) has emerged as one of the leading cultural critics of the twentieth century. His work encompasses aesthetics, metaphysical language and narrative theories, German literary history, philosophies of history, the intersection of Marxism and Messianic thought, urban topography, and the development of photography and film. Benjamin defined the task of the critic as one that blasts endangered moments of the past out of the continuum of history so that they attain new...

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An advanced introduction to Benjamin's work and its actualization for our own times.