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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... struggle ( of the proletariat ) by joining the proletarian front . You must be content with an agitated and bitter approval of this struggle , but you also know that if you do more , an immensely important post will remain unmanned ...
... struggle ( of the proletariat ) by joining the proletarian front . You must be content with an agitated and bitter approval of this struggle , but you also know that if you do more , an immensely important post will remain unmanned ...
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... struggle can be identified , or , better , chosen , only on the basis of his position in the process of production . For the transformation of the forms and instruments of production in the way desired by a progressive intelligentsia ...
... struggle can be identified , or , better , chosen , only on the basis of his position in the process of production . For the transformation of the forms and instruments of production in the way desired by a progressive intelligentsia ...
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... struggle against the empty phrase , which is the linguistic expression of the despotism with which , in journalism , topical- ity sets up its dominion over things . This side of his struggle against the press is illuminated most vividly ...
... struggle against the empty phrase , which is the linguistic expression of the despotism with which , in journalism , topical- ity sets up its dominion over things . This side of his struggle against the press is illuminated most vividly ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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