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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... questions often discussed with Brecht ; and I wonder how the functionaries responded to his nostalgic memories of the ... question about the work and the social structure should be revised ; instead of ask- ing how a work of art relates ...
... questions often discussed with Brecht ; and I wonder how the functionaries responded to his nostalgic memories of the ... question about the work and the social structure should be revised ; instead of ask- ing how a work of art relates ...
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... question whether a part of the cycle " Chil- dren's Songs " should be included in the new volume of poems . I was not in favor , because I thought the contrast between the political and the private poem expressed the experience of exile ...
... question whether a part of the cycle " Chil- dren's Songs " should be included in the new volume of poems . I was not in favor , because I thought the contrast between the political and the private poem expressed the experience of exile ...
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... question of the justification of certain means that constitute violence . Prin- ciples of natural law cannot decide this question , but can only lead to bottomless casuistry . For if positive law is blind to the absoluteness of ends ...
... question of the justification of certain means that constitute violence . Prin- ciples of natural law cannot decide this question , but can only lead to bottomless casuistry . For if positive law is blind to the absoluteness of ends ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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