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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... nature liberated through revolutionary change , but as an element of nature per se , of an archaic nature without history , in its pristine , primeval state , throws uncertain , disquieting reflections even on his idea of freedom and of ...
... nature liberated through revolutionary change , but as an element of nature per se , of an archaic nature without history , in its pristine , primeval state , throws uncertain , disquieting reflections even on his idea of freedom and of ...
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... nature as twofold naturalness — makes prostitution demonic . But Kraus " enlists with the power of nature . " That the sociological area never becomes transparent to him — no more in his attack on the press than in his defense of ...
... nature as twofold naturalness — makes prostitution demonic . But Kraus " enlists with the power of nature . " That the sociological area never becomes transparent to him — no more in his attack on the press than in his defense of ...
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... nature is deeply changed . Now begins its other muteness , which we mean by the deep sadness of nature . It is a metaphysical truth that all nature would begin to lament if it were endowed with language . ( Though to “ endow with ...
... nature is deeply changed . Now begins its other muteness , which we mean by the deep sadness of nature . It is a metaphysical truth that all nature would begin to lament if it were endowed with language . ( Though to “ endow with ...
Inhalt
A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
Urheberrecht | |
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