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Approaches to Walter Benjamin's The Arcades Project
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'With the Sharpened Axe of Reason': Approaches to Walter Benjamin
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9781859730447
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9781859730447
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$188.49
'With the Sharpened Axe of Reason': Approaches to Walter Benjamin
$188.49
Walter Benjamin holds a unique fascination for students and scholars interested in the question of modernity. The most original thinker of Weimar Germany, Benjamin has become something of a cultural icon and his works are often regarded with awe rather than critical scrutiny. This book offers surprising new insights from a number of perspectives -- sociology, history, women's studies, literary and cultural studies -- and investigates unexplored areas of Benjamin scholarship to arrive at a critically balanced perception of his work. There are four main sections: - a critical re-evaluation of Benjamin's concepts of history and modernity in light of postmodernist discourses;- a discussion of aspects of Benjamin's literary scholarship; - a re-evaluation of Benjamin's writings on media and performance theories; and - an investigation of Benjamin's peculiar 'utopianism' which includes a critical consideration of sexual/gender politics
| Author: Gerhard Fischer |
| Publisher: Berg Publishers |
| Publication Date: Apr 01, 1996 |
| Number of Pages: 240 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1859730442 |
| ISBN-13: 9781859730447 |
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