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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... Demon Have I slept ? I am just falling asleep . -Words in Verse IV It is deeply rooted in Kraus's nature , and it is the stigma of every debate concerning him , that all apologetic arguments miss their mark . The great work of Leopold ...
... Demon Have I slept ? I am just falling asleep . -Words in Verse IV It is deeply rooted in Kraus's nature , and it is the stigma of every debate concerning him , that all apologetic arguments miss their mark . The great work of Leopold ...
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... demon , is manifest : self - expression and unmasking merge in it as self - unmasking . Kraus has said , " Anti - Semitism is the mentality ... that means seriously a tenth part of the jibes that the stock - exchange wit holds ready for ...
... demon , is manifest : self - expression and unmasking merge in it as self - unmasking . Kraus has said , " Anti - Semitism is the mentality ... that means seriously a tenth part of the jibes that the stock - exchange wit holds ready for ...
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... demon . Idle chatter is its true substance , and every feuilleton poses anew the insoluble question of the relationship between the forces of stupidity and malice , whose expression is gossip . It is , fundamentally , the complete ...
... demon . Idle chatter is its true substance , and every feuilleton poses anew the insoluble question of the relationship between the forces of stupidity and malice , whose expression is gossip . It is , fundamentally , the complete ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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