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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Manchester University Press
ISBN-10
0719064376
ISBN-13
9780719064371
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46865014
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reading Walter Benjamin : Writing Through the Catastrophe
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christian Theology / General, Religious, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-283151
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
193
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. 'Kulturpessimisus' & the new thinking The decline of the West; Messianic new thinking 3. Metaphysics of youth: Wyneken & 'Rausch' Wyneken; Youth's legacy; 'Rausch' - youth's intoxication; The metaphysics of youth 4. History: Surreal messianism Eternal return; Profane illumination; Surrealism; Messianic time 5. Goethe and the 'Georgekreis' The struggle with an angel; The essay form; Goethe as critical constellation; Death's detour 6. Kant's experience Reduction & restriction; The despot of pure reason; The Kantian distance 7. Casting the work of art Aesthetic judgement; "Space Under My Steel Chair"; The series; Fixed-explosive; Memorial aesthetics 8. Narrative order & modern fiction Shuffle, or, order and de-formation; Just gaming; Benjamin, Johnson & Wittgenstein; Aphorism 9. Conclusion: Exile & the time of crisis Reconfiguring repetition; Weapons of mass destruction; disrupting singularity; Postscript on crisis time Glossary of German words and expressions Bibliography
Synopsis
'Reading Walter Benjamin' explores the persistence of absolute in Benjamin's work by sketching-out the relationship between philosphy and theology apparent in his diverse writings, from the early youth-movement essays to the later books, essays and fragments.The book examines Benjamin from two main perspectives: a history-of-ideas approach situating Benjamin in relation to the new German-Jewish thinking at the turn of the twentieth-century, as well as the German youth movements, Surrealism and the 'Georgekreis'; and a conceptual approach examining more critical issues in relation to Benjamin and Kant, modern aesthetics and narrative order.Chapters cover: '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; and exile and the time of crisis. The book uses new translations of Benjamin's essays, fragments and his 'Arcades Project', and makes substantial reference to previously untranslated material.Lane's text allows the non-specialist entry into complex areas of critical theory, simultaneously offering original readings of Benjamin and twentieth-century arts and literature. -- ., 'Reading Walter Benjamin' explores the persistence of absolute in Benjamin's work by sketching-out the relationship between philosphy and theology apparent in his diverse writings, from the early youth-movement essays to the later books, essays and fragments. The book examines Benjamin from two main perspectives: a history-of-ideas approach situating Benjamin in relation to the new German-Jewish thinking at the turn of the twentieth-century, as well as the German youth movements, Surrealism and the 'Georgekreis'; and a conceptual approach examining more critical issues in relation to Benjamin and Kant, modern aesthetics and narrative order. Chapters cover: '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; and exile and the time of crisis. The book uses new translations of Benjamin's essays, fragments and his 'Arcades Project', and makes substantial reference to previously untranslated material. Lane's text allows the non-specialist entry into complex areas of critical theory, simultaneously offering original readings of Benjamin and twentieth-century arts and literature., A new reading of Walter Benjamin that places his work in historical context and explores the theoretical links with German and Jewish philosophy and theology. The book also provides unique readings of Benjamin and the British artist Rachel Whiteread and British experimental author B.S. Johnson.
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B3209.B584
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