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Introducing Walter Benjamin / Howard Caygill, Alex Coles and Andrzej Klimowski ; with Richard Appignanesi.
Van Pelt Library PT2603.E455 Z587 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caygill, Howard.
- Standardized Title:
- Walter Benjamin for beginners
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Authors, German--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, German.
- Jewish philosophers--Germany--Biography.
- Jewish philosophers.
- Germany.
- Critics--Germany--Biography.
- Critics.
- Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Walter Benjamin
- Place of Publication:
- Duxford, Cambridge : Icon Books ; USA : Totem Books ; Lanham, Md. : In the U.S. distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 2000.
- Summary:
- This book follows the life and work of this prominent critical theorist, tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history as well as his particular focus on the tension between Marxism and Zionism, and between word and image in modern art. Here is the ideal introduction to this key modern philosopher and critic of modern art.
- Notes:
- Originally published as: Walter Benjamin for beginners. 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840461659
- OCLC:
- 45305932
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