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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... things . " Man's dignity consists in mirroring God's absolute and creative word in " names " on the threshold between finite and infinite language ; the names he gives to and receives from others may be but a reflection ( Abbild ) of ...
... things . " Man's dignity consists in mirroring God's absolute and creative word in " names " on the threshold between finite and infinite language ; the names he gives to and receives from others may be but a reflection ( Abbild ) of ...
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... things is their language ; this proposi- tion , applied to man , means : the linguistic being of man is his language ... things . But do we know any other languages that name things ? It should not be accepted that we know of no ...
... things is their language ; this proposi- tion , applied to man , means : the linguistic being of man is his language ... things . But do we know any other languages that name things ? It should not be accepted that we know of no ...
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... things are imperfect , and they are dumb . Things are denied the pure formal principle of language - sound . They can only communicate to one another through a more or less material community . This community is immediate and infinite ...
... things are imperfect , and they are dumb . Things are denied the pure formal principle of language - sound . They can only communicate to one another through a more or less material community . This community is immediate and infinite ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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