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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... object of consumption . In turning to New Matter - of - factness as a literary movement , I must take a step further and say that it has made the struggle against poverty an object of consumption . The political importance of The Author ...
... object of consumption . In turning to New Matter - of - factness as a literary movement , I must take a step further and say that it has made the struggle against poverty an object of consumption . The political importance of The Author ...
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... objects of amusement that found their way without difficulty into the big - city cabaret business . The transformation of the political struggle from a compul- sion to decide into an object of contemplative enjoyment , from a means of ...
... objects of amusement that found their way without difficulty into the big - city cabaret business . The transformation of the political struggle from a compul- sion to decide into an object of contemplative enjoyment , from a means of ...
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... object factual , its addressee a human being . The other conception of language , in contrast , knows no means , no object , and no addressee of communication . It means : / in naming the mental being of man communicates itself to God ...
... object factual , its addressee a human being . The other conception of language , in contrast , knows no means , no object , and no addressee of communication . It means : / in naming the mental being of man communicates itself to God ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
Urheberrecht | |
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