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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... position by a reactionary epoch . That way you reach a middle position . " This , he said , was what had happened to him ; he had become benevolent . In the evening : I should like to give someone a small present for Asja ; gloves ...
... position by a reactionary epoch . That way you reach a middle position . " This , he said , was what had happened to him ; he had become benevolent . In the evening : I should like to give someone a small present for Asja ; gloves ...
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... position . " However this may be , on the basis of this socialism he sets his face against the theory and practice of the radical workers ' movement . " Nothing , " Döblin declares , " can come out of anything that was not already in it ...
... position . " However this may be , on the basis of this socialism he sets his face against the theory and practice of the radical workers ' movement . " Nothing , " Döblin declares , " can come out of anything that was not already in it ...
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... position , my dear sir , that alone falls to you . " Here it is quite palpable where the conception of the " intellectual , " as a type defined by his opinions , attitudes , or dispositions , but not by his position in the process of ...
... position , my dear sir , that alone falls to you . " Here it is quite palpable where the conception of the " intellectual , " as a type defined by his opinions , attitudes , or dispositions , but not by his position in the process of ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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