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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... means . If justice is the criterion of ends , legality is that of means . Notwithstanding this antithesis , however , both schools meet in their common basic dogma : just ends can be attained by justified means , justi- fied means used ...
... means . If justice is the criterion of ends , legality is that of means . Notwithstanding this antithesis , however , both schools meet in their common basic dogma : just ends can be attained by justified means , justi- fied means used ...
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... means of agree- ment . Legal and illegal means of every kind that are all the same violent may be confronted with nonviolent ones as un- alloyed means . Courtesy , sympathy , peaceableness , trust , and whatever else might here be ...
... means of agree- ment . Legal and illegal means of every kind that are all the same violent may be confronted with nonviolent ones as un- alloyed means . Courtesy , sympathy , peaceableness , trust , and whatever else might here be ...
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... means of law . They reflect not only the decay of its own sphere , but also a diminution of pure means . For , in prohibiting fraud , law restricts the use of wholly nonviolent means because they could produce reactive violence . This ...
... means of law . They reflect not only the decay of its own sphere , but also a diminution of pure means . For , in prohibiting fraud , law restricts the use of wholly nonviolent means because they could produce reactive violence . This ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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