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Walter Benjamin : a very short introduction / Eli Zaretsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaretsky, Eli, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many readers, but it is coherent in its combination of a Judaic theological perspective with cultural Marxism.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Walter Benjamin in the twenty-first century
- Suicide and rebirth
- Messianic beginnings
- The fading of the aura
- The Paris arcades
- Afterlives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 17, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zaretsky, Eli. Walter Benjamin
- ISBN:
- 9780197670064
- 0197670067
- OCLC:
- 1579771510
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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