Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life

by Michael W. Jennings, Howard Eiland, Alvise La Rocca

Book Overview

Walter Benjamin is one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals, and also one of its most elusive. His writings--mosaics incorporating philosophy, literary criticism, Marxist analysis, and a syncretistic theology--defy simple categorization. And his mobile, often improvised existence has proven irresistible to mythologizers. His writing career moved from the brilliant esotericism of his early writings through his emergence as a central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674970772
• ISBN13: 9780674970779
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"