Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical WritingSchocken Books, 1986 - 348 Seiten A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. He moves seamlessly from literary criticism to autobiography to philosophical-theological speculations, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest and most versatile writers of the twentieth century. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times. |
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... today . The country is mobilized day and night , most of all , of course , the Party . Indeed , what distinguishes the Bolshevik , the Russian Commu- nist , from his Western comrade is this unconditional readiness 106 Reflections.
... today . The country is mobilized day and night , most of all , of course , the Party . Indeed , what distinguishes the Bolshevik , the Russian Commu- nist , from his Western comrade is this unconditional readiness 106 Reflections.
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... Bolshevik unceremoniously hanged . For Euro- peans such a point of view , which intransigently subordinates the ... Bolsheviks . Intellectuals , too , return in time as specialists to Moscow 107.
... Bolshevik unceremoniously hanged . For Euro- peans such a point of view , which intransigently subordinates the ... Bolsheviks . Intellectuals , too , return in time as specialists to Moscow 107.
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... Bolshevik bureaucracy , at a freely chosen moment , steeled and with the absolute cer- tainty of victory . 13 In the Red Army Club at the Kremlin , a map of Europe hangs on the wall . Beside it is a handle . When this handle is turned ...
... Bolshevik bureaucracy , at a freely chosen moment , steeled and with the absolute cer- tainty of victory . 13 In the Red Army Club at the Kremlin , a map of Europe hangs on the wall . Beside it is a handle . When this handle is turned ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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