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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... called " meaning . " Image and language take prece- dence . Saint - Pol Roux , retiring to bed about daybreak , fixes a notice on his door : " Poet at work . " Breton notes : " Quietly . I want to pass where no one yet has passed ...
... called " meaning . " Image and language take prece- dence . Saint - Pol Roux , retiring to bed about daybreak , fixes a notice on his door : " Poet at work . " Breton notes : " Quietly . I want to pass where no one yet has passed ...
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... called their misdeeds by their name , lit a light for their victims . He has written a major satirical novel . To write it he went back almost to the beginning . Little re- mains of the foundation , the plot of the opera . Only the main ...
... called their misdeeds by their name , lit a light for their victims . He has written a major satirical novel . To write it he went back almost to the beginning . Little re- mains of the foundation , the plot of the opera . Only the main ...
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... called the lawmaking function , this second will be called the law - preserving function . Since conscription is a case of law- preserving violence that is not in principle distinguished from others , a really effective critique of it ...
... called the lawmaking function , this second will be called the law - preserving function . Since conscription is a case of law- preserving violence that is not in principle distinguished from others , a really effective critique of it ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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