Walter BenjaminReaktion Books, 15 jan 2008 - 192 pagina's Drawing upon a wealth of journal writings and personal correspondence, Esther Leslie presents a uniquely intimate portrait of one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, Walter Benjamin. She sets his life in the context of his middle-class upbringing; explores the social, political, and economic upheaval in Germany during and after World War I; and recounts Benjamin’s eccentric love of toys, trick-books, travel, and ships. From the Frankfurt School and his influential friendships with Theodore Adorno, Gershom Scholem, and Bertolt Brecht, to his travels across Europe, Walter Benjamin traces out the roots of Benjamin’s groundbreaking writings and their far-reaching impact in his own time. Leslie argues that Benjamin’s life challenges the stereotypical narrative of the tragic and lonely intellectual figure—instead positioning him as a man who relished the fierce combat of competing theories and ideas. Closing with his death at the Spanish-French border in a desperate flight from the Nazis and Stalin, Walter Benjamin is a concise and concentrated account of a capacious intellect trapped by hostile circumstances. |
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... Jewish parents, Emil and Pauline, soon moved to nearby Kurfürstenstrasse in the heart of the old West End. Walter Benjamin was the first of three children. His brother Georg was born in 1895 and his sister Dora in 1901. As the children ...
... Jewish parents, Emil and Pauline, soon moved to nearby Kurfürstenstrasse in the heart of the old West End. Walter Benjamin was the first of three children. His brother Georg was born in 1895 and his sister Dora in 1901. As the children ...
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... Jewish New Year's Day, in a rare moment of his mother's adherence to religious tradition. Having lost his way to the synagogue, he enjoyed his blasphemous indifference toward the service while also exalting the street on which he stood ...
... Jewish New Year's Day, in a rare moment of his mother's adherence to religious tradition. Having lost his way to the synagogue, he enjoyed his blasphemous indifference toward the service while also exalting the street on which he stood ...
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... Jewish Parnassus', and it exhorted Jews to become conscious of their own traditions, to retreat from German culture, where they were unwanted, despite their domination of it. German culture owed so much of its existence to the.
... Jewish Parnassus', and it exhorted Jews to become conscious of their own traditions, to retreat from German culture, where they were unwanted, despite their domination of it. German culture owed so much of its existence to the.
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... Jewish culture. He requested Benjamin's help. Benjamin approved of a journal documenting Jewish spiritual life and dealing with such themes as Jews and luxury, Jews and the love of Germany, and Jews and friendship. He noted in his ...
... Jewish culture. He requested Benjamin's help. Benjamin approved of a journal documenting Jewish spiritual life and dealing with such themes as Jews and luxury, Jews and the love of Germany, and Jews and friendship. He noted in his ...
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... Jews were an elite because Jewry was the 'most noble bearer and representative of the Geistigen', the intellectual spirit.28 The cultural energy of Jews was needed in Europe.29 'Cultural Zionism' should work for Jewish values wherever Jews ...
... Jews were an elite because Jewry was the 'most noble bearer and representative of the Geistigen', the intellectual spirit.28 The cultural energy of Jews was needed in Europe.29 'Cultural Zionism' should work for Jewish values wherever Jews ...
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Making a Mark 191724 | |
Books after Books 19259 | |
Man of Letters 193032 | |
Noms de Plume 19337 | |
Writers Block 193840 | |
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