Duy Lap Nguyen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Nguyen’s historically rich commentary on Benjamin ... is most notable for the detail with which it addresses Benjamin’s engagement with the philosophical context of the early twentieth century.

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Messianism and Mechanical Time in Benjamin’s Early Writings3. Capitalism, Property and the State in Benjamin’s Early Writings4. Between Marx and Fourier5. Benjamin and Bataille: Sovereignty and Mass Reproduction 6. Capitalism and Primal History in the Arcades Project 7. ConclusionIndex

Duy Lap Nguyen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Nguyen’s historically rich commentary on Benjamin ... is most notable for the detail with which it addresses Benjamin’s engagement with the philosophical context of the early twentieth century.

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Messianism and Mechanical Time in Benjamin’s Early Writings3. Capitalism, Property and the State in Benjamin’s Early Writings4. Between Marx and Fourier5. Benjamin and Bataille: Sovereignty and Mass Reproduction 6. Capitalism and Primal History in the Arcades Project 7. ConclusionIndex

Duy Lap Nguyen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Nguyen’s historically rich commentary on Benjamin ... is most notable for the detail with which it addresses Benjamin’s engagement with the philosophical context of the early twentieth century.

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Messianism and Mechanical Time in Benjamin’s Early Writings3. Capitalism, Property and the State in Benjamin’s Early Writings4. Between Marx and Fourier5. Benjamin and Bataille: Sovereignty and Mass Reproduction 6. Capitalism and Primal History in the Arcades Project 7. ConclusionIndex