Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to His Work and Thought book by Uwe Steiner

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ISBN 10: 0226772217 ISBN 13: 9780226772219

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2010

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> SEVEN decades after his death, German Jew- ish writer, philosopher, and literary critic Wal- ter Benjamin (1892-1940) continues to fasci- nate and influence. Here Uwe Steiner offers a comprehensive and sophisticated introduc- tion to the oeuvre of this intriguing theorist. Acknowledged only by a small circle of intellectuals during his lifetime, Benjamin is now a major figure whose work is essential to an understanding of modernity. Steiner traces the development of Benjamin's thought chronologically through his writings on phi- losophy, literature, history, politics, the media, art, photography, cinema, technology, and the- ology. Walter Benjamin reveals the essential coherence of its subject's thinking while also analyzing the controversial or puzzling facets of Benjamin's work. That coherence, Steiner contends, can best be appreciated by placing Benjamin in his proper context as a member of the German philosophical tradition and a par ticipant in contemporary intellectual debates. (LL).

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Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to His Work and Thought book by Uwe Steiner

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

0226772217

ISBN 13

9780226772219

Binding

Hardcover

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Seven decades after his death, German Jewish writer, philosopher, and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) continues to fascinate and influence. Here Uwe Steiner offers a comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the oeuvre of this intriguing theorist.

Acknowledged only by a small circle of intellectuals during his lifetime, Benjamin is now a major figure whose work is essential to an understanding of modernity. Steiner traces the development of Benjamin’s thought chronologically through his writings on philosophy, literature, history, politics, the media, art, photography, cinema, technology, and theology. Walter Benjamin reveals the essential coherence of its subject’s thinking while also analyzing the controversial or puzzling facets of Benjamin’s work. That coherence, Steiner contends, can best be appreciated by placing Benjamin in his proper context as a member of the German philosophical tradition and a participant in contemporary intellectual debates.

As Benjamin’s writing attracts more and more readers in the English-speaking world, Walter Benjamin will be a valuable guide to this fascinating body of work.

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Uwe Steiner is professor in and chair of the Department of German Studies at Rice University and the author or editor of numerous books in German.

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