Reading Walter Benjamin : writing through the catastrophe /
This book explores the persistence of absolute in Benjamin's work by sketching out the relationship between philosophy and theology apparent in his diverse writings, from the early youth movement essays to the later books, essays and fragments. Lane examines Benjamin from two main perspectives:...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester ; New York : New York, NY :
Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2005.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.15976613 |
Table of Contents:
- Kulturpessimismus and the new thinking
- Metaphysics of youth: Wyneken and 'Rausch'
- History: surreal Messianism
- Goethe and the Georgekreis
- Kant's experience
- Casting the work of art
- Disrupting textual order
- Exile and the time of crisis.