Walter Benjamin's Philosophy: Destruction and Experience - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903083087 ISBN 13: 9781903083086

Publisher: Clinamen Pr Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

In response to an overwhelming resurgence of interest in recent years in the work and life of Walter Benjamin, along with a marked increase in the availability of Benjamin's own work (both in the form new translations and new editions of already available texts), this is a timely reappearance of Walter Benjamin's Philosophy - Destruction and Experience - an influential and authoritative collection of commentary from the world's foremost Benjamin scholars. Originally part of the Warwick Studies in European Philosophy series from Routledge, this volume features contributions from Rodolphe Gasche, Howard Caygill, Gertrud Koch, Andrew Benjamin, A.G. Duttmann and others.

Contains a newly commissioned essay by Peter Osborne, which places the volume in context following the recent developments in Walter Benjamin studies and another by Esther Leslie examining the impact of the Arcades Project on Benjamin studies.

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From the Back Cover:

'Walter Benjamin's Philosophy is an excellent collection of essays which explore a key aspect of Benjamin often regarded as secondary to his literary-critical and overtly political writings ... the wish of the editors that the essays will prolong the "after-life" of Benjamin's writing is one which will undoubtedly be fulfilled' Matthew Rampley in The British Journal of Aesthetics

The work of Walter Benjamin has undergone a dramatic resurgence in recent years. This authoritative and influential volume gathers together essays by the world's foremost Benjamin scholars, in which all the varied aspects of Benjamin's work are addressed.

Benjamin seeks to locate his work 'outside' philosophy, in the discourses of cultural theory, art criticism and literary theory. He confronts issues in film and theatre, in colonial studies and in history, and in so doing creates, in the words of Adorno, a 'philosophy directed against philosophy'. This collection examines the rich variety of Benjamin's work, from The Origins of German Tragic Drama to the famous essay 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'. Taking as their themes such issues as the experience of time and the destruction of tradition, the authors strive to situate the complex receptions which make up the after-life of Benjamin's essays in relation to the recent philosophical tradition.

This new edition of Walter Benjamin's Philosophy includes two additional essays, as appendices, which assess recent work about Benjamin and the newly released Arcades Project.

'fascinating and insightful ... richly suggestive' Joanna Hodge in The Times Higher Education Supplement

Andrew Benjamin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick

Peter Osborne is Professor of Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University

About the Author:

Andrew Benjamin is Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University. He has published many monographs on post-modern theory and aesthetics, and edits the prestigious Warwick Studies in Continental Philosophy series.

Peter Osborne is Senior Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, and one of the editors of the highly influential journal Radical Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clinamen Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1903083087
• ISBN 13: 9781903083086
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Benjamin Andrew, Osborne Peter