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The dwarf in the chess machine : Benjamin's hidden doctrine / Lieven de Cauter.
Fine Arts Library B3209.B584 C36 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cauter, Lieven de, 1959- author.
- Series:
- Reflect (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; #11.
- Reflect ; #11
- Standardized Title:
- Dwerg in de schaakautomaat. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Physical Description:
- 474 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Nai010 publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This thorough study on the work of the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin exposes - in Benjamin's own metaphor - the 'dwarf of theology' hidden in the machinery of his work, his own form of 'historical materialism'. In doing so it unearths and explains his language theory, his art theory, his most cryptic baroque book, his philosophy of history, and, last but not least, his famous labyrinthine unfinished opus magnum on Paris, The Arcades project (the first philosophical book ever on the city). The result is a detailed, meticulous and lucid analysis of the structure of Benjamin's texts and an indispensable book for everyone who admires the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-473).
- ISBN:
- 9789462084971
- 9462084971
- OCLC:
- 1088737426
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