Andrew Benjamin is professor of critical theory in design and architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. He has also taught philosophy and architectural theory in both the United States and Europe, where he teaches regularly at the Architectural Association in London. His recent publications include Architectural Philosophy (Continuum, 2001), Philosophy's Literature (Clinamen, 2001), and Disclosing Spaces: On Painting (Clinamen, 2004). He is joint general editor of the Walter Benjamin Studies series published by Continuum.

• Introduction: Style, Time, and Appearance; Part 1. Working through Walter Benjamin; 1. Benjamin's Modernity; 2. Being Roman Now: The Time of Fashion. A Commentary on Walter Benjamin's ""Theses on the Philosophy of History"" XIV; 3. Benjamin's Style: The Style that is not Jugendstil; Part 2. Unforeseen Appearances; 4. The ""Place"" of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 5. ""In What Style Should We Build?"" The Style of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 6. Refugees, Cosmopolitanism, and the Place of Citizenship; 7. The Matter of a Materialist Philosophy of Art: Bataille's Manet.

Andrew Benjamin is professor of critical theory in design and architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. He has also taught philosophy and architectural theory in both the United States and Europe, where he teaches regularly at the Architectural Association in London. His recent publications include Architectural Philosophy (Continuum, 2001), Philosophy's Literature (Clinamen, 2001), and Disclosing Spaces: On Painting (Clinamen, 2004). He is joint general editor of the Walter Benjamin Studies series published by Continuum.

• Introduction: Style, Time, and Appearance; Part 1. Working through Walter Benjamin; 1. Benjamin's Modernity; 2. Being Roman Now: The Time of Fashion. A Commentary on Walter Benjamin's ""Theses on the Philosophy of History"" XIV; 3. Benjamin's Style: The Style that is not Jugendstil; Part 2. Unforeseen Appearances; 4. The ""Place"" of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 5. ""In What Style Should We Build?"" The Style of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 6. Refugees, Cosmopolitanism, and the Place of Citizenship; 7. The Matter of a Materialist Philosophy of Art: Bataille's Manet.

Andrew Benjamin is professor of critical theory in design and architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. He has also taught philosophy and architectural theory in both the United States and Europe, where he teaches regularly at the Architectural Association in London. His recent publications include Architectural Philosophy (Continuum, 2001), Philosophy's Literature (Clinamen, 2001), and Disclosing Spaces: On Painting (Clinamen, 2004). He is joint general editor of the Walter Benjamin Studies series published by Continuum.

• Introduction: Style, Time, and Appearance; Part 1. Working through Walter Benjamin; 1. Benjamin's Modernity; 2. Being Roman Now: The Time of Fashion. A Commentary on Walter Benjamin's ""Theses on the Philosophy of History"" XIV; 3. Benjamin's Style: The Style that is not Jugendstil; Part 2. Unforeseen Appearances; 4. The ""Place"" of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 5. ""In What Style Should We Build?"" The Style of Cosmopolitan Architecture; 6. Refugees, Cosmopolitanism, and the Place of Citizenship; 7. The Matter of a Materialist Philosophy of Art: Bataille's Manet.