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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... perhaps for a while , yet never totally absent from his ken . Perhaps the best way to approach Benjamin's writings would be to imi- tate his willingness to keep the sensibilities open to the sober and profane illuminations that come to ...
... perhaps for a while , yet never totally absent from his ken . Perhaps the best way to approach Benjamin's writings would be to imi- tate his willingness to keep the sensibilities open to the sober and profane illuminations that come to ...
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... perhaps a certain company of building con- tractors , one of whose directors , Herr Altgelt , filled the role of partner in countless telephone conversations with my father , and whose name has stayed in my memory because his son was a ...
... perhaps a certain company of building con- tractors , one of whose directors , Herr Altgelt , filled the role of partner in countless telephone conversations with my father , and whose name has stayed in my memory because his son was a ...
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... perhaps not the country , perhaps not even the Party , but Communism in Russia would be lost . People here have not yet developed European consumer con- cepts and consumer needs . The reasons for this are above all economic . Yet it is ...
... perhaps not the country , perhaps not even the Party , but Communism in Russia would be lost . People here have not yet developed European consumer con- cepts and consumer needs . The reasons for this are above all economic . Yet it is ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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