Words of Light: Theses on the Photography of History

by Eduardo Cadava

Book Overview

Here Eduardo Cadava demonstrates that Walter Benjamin articulates his conception of history through the language of photography. Focusing on Benjamin's discussions of the flashes and images of history, he argues that the questions raised by this link between photography and history touch on issues that belong to the entire trajectory of his writings: the historical and political consequences of technology, the relation between reproduction and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691002681
• ISBN13: 9780691002682
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"