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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... creative word in " names " on the threshold between finite and infinite language ; the names he gives to and receives from others may be but a reflection ( Abbild ) of the divine Word , but name giving sustains man's closeness to God's ...
... creative word in " names " on the threshold between finite and infinite language ; the names he gives to and receives from others may be but a reflection ( Abbild ) of the divine Word , but name giving sustains man's closeness to God's ...
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... creativity . People are only creative to the extent that they avoid tasks and super- vision . Work as a supervised task - its model : political and technical work — is attended by dirt and detritus , intrudes de- structively into matter ...
... creativity . People are only creative to the extent that they avoid tasks and super- vision . Work as a supervised task - its model : political and technical work — is attended by dirt and detritus , intrudes de- structively into matter ...
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... creative omnipo- tence of language it begins , and at the end language as it were assimilates the created , names it . Language is therefore both creative and the finished creation , it is word and name . In God name is creative because ...
... creative omnipo- tence of language it begins , and at the end language as it were assimilates the created , names it . Language is therefore both creative and the finished creation , it is word and name . In God name is creative because ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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