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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... moral law acts silently , animating the soul through the infinite intercourse of human beings , and the miracles of the moment when deeds are performed are only small signs of this general power . " Tacitly , in these famous sentences ...
... moral law acts silently , animating the soul through the infinite intercourse of human beings , and the miracles of the moment when deeds are performed are only small signs of this general power . " Tacitly , in these famous sentences ...
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... moral order ? Music as the police of a world of pleasure ? Yes , that is the splendor that falls on the old Paris ballrooms , on the Grande Chaumière , the Clôserie des Lilas in his performance of La Vie Parisienne . “ And the ...
... moral order ? Music as the police of a world of pleasure ? Yes , that is the splendor that falls on the old Paris ballrooms , on the Grande Chaumière , the Clôserie des Lilas in his performance of La Vie Parisienne . “ And the ...
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... moral world order " being re- stored ; instead , the moral hero , still dumb , not yet of age- as such he is called a hero - wishes to raise himself by shaking that tormented world . The paradox of the birth of genius in moral ...
... moral world order " being re- stored ; instead , the moral hero , still dumb , not yet of age- as such he is called a hero - wishes to raise himself by shaking that tormented world . The paradox of the birth of genius in moral ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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