Walter Benjamin and History

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

The first book to examine in detail Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History Benjamin's collection of fragments, Theses on the Philosophy of History, play a determining role in how Benjamin's thought is understood, as well as in the debate about the interplay between politics, history and time. Walter Benjamin and History is the first volume to give access to the themes and problems raised by the Theses, providing valuable exegetical and historical work on the text. The essays collected here are all the work of noted Benjamin scholars, and pursue the themes central to the Theses.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-12-01
Mått:152 x 232 x 8 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Walter Benjamin Studies
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826467461

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Andrew Benjamin is Professor of Critical Theory at Monash University.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Messianic Epistemology: Thesis XV - Robert Gibbs; 2. Between Melancholia and Fetishism: Benjamin's Losses - Rebecca Comay; 3. Trembling Contours: Kierkegaard - Benjamin - Brecht - Rainer Nagele; 4. Down the K Hole: Walter Benjamin's Destructive Landsurveying of History - Stephanie Polsky; 5. Benjamin and the History of Religion - Howard Caygill; 6. The Shortness of History: On the Thesis - David Ferris; 7. What is the Matter of Architecture History? - Gevoork Hartoonian; 8. Tradition as an Event: Benjamin and the Critics of Historicism - Philippe Simay; 9. Boredom and Distraction: The Moods of Modernity - Andrew Benjamin; 10. 'Now': Walter Benjamin and Historical Time - Wener Hamacher; 11. The Supposition of the Aura: The Now, the Then and Modernity - Georges Didi-Huberman; 12. Benjamin's History of the Interior - Charles Rice.