Walter Benjamin: Self-Reference and Religiosity

by Margarete Kohlenback and M. Kohlenbach

Walter Benjamin's work represents one of the most radical and controversial responses to the problems of 20th century culture and society. This new interpretation analyzes some of the central enigmatic features of his writing, arguing that they result from the co-presence of religious skepticism and the desire for a religious foundation of social life. Margarete Kohlenbach focuses on the structure of self-reference as an expression of Benjamin's skeptical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333993594
• ISBN13: 9780333993590
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.3"