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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... existence , or in the mere existence of things , but who feels things only in their relationships , above all where these meet in events — and only in this moment become united , substantial , and alive . ” What we have in this sentence ...
... existence , or in the mere existence of things , but who feels things only in their relationships , above all where these meet in events — and only in this moment become united , substantial , and alive . ” What we have in this sentence ...
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... existence , and nothing holds them in check except Kraus's decision to step in person before his threshold and pay homage to the ruins in which he is a " private individual . ” As decisively as he makes his own existence a public issue ...
... existence , and nothing holds them in check except Kraus's decision to step in person before his threshold and pay homage to the ruins in which he is a " private individual . ” As decisively as he makes his own existence a public issue ...
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... existence under the aegis of mere mind , as prostitution is existence under the aegis of mere sexuality . The demon , however , who leads the whore to the street exiles the man of letters to the courtroom . This is therefore for Kraus ...
... existence under the aegis of mere mind , as prostitution is existence under the aegis of mere sexuality . The demon , however , who leads the whore to the street exiles the man of letters to the courtroom . This is therefore for Kraus ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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