Working with Walter Benjamin : recovering a political philosophy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Andrew E., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Benjamin, Walter.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a highly original approach to the writings of the twentieth-century German philosopher Walter Benjamin by one of his most distinguished readers. It develops the idea of 'working with' Benjamin, seeking both to read his corpus and to put it to work - to show how a reading of Benjamin can open up issues that may not themselves be immediately at stake in his texts. The defining elements in Benjamin's writings that the author isolates - history, experience, translation, technical reproducibility, and politics - are put to work; that is, their utility is established in engaging the works of others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Opening

2. The Meaning of Time in the Moral World

3. Fate and Character

4. Towards a Critique of Violence

5. Theological-Political Fragment

6. On the Concept of History

Appendices

A. Boredom and Distraction: The Moods of Modernity

B. Benjamin and the Baroque: Posing the Question of Historical Time

C. The Illusion of the Future: Notes on Benjamin and Freud

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780748648986

0748648984

9780748695287

0748695281

9780748634354

0748634355

OCLC:

1301547285