Fall of Language: Benjamin and Wittgenstein on Meaning

by Alexander Stern

In the most comprehensive account to date of Walter Benjamin's philosophy of language, Alexander Stern explores the nature of meaning by putting Benjamin in dialogue with Wittgenstein.

Known largely for his essays on culture, aesthetics, and literature, Walter Benjamin also wrote on the philosophy of language. This early work is famously obscure and considered hopelessly mystical by some. But for Alexander Stern, it contains important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980913
• ISBN13: 9780674980914
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"