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The Complete Correspondence 1928 - 1940
2. Aufl.
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24,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 08.10.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780745694313 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 392 |
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Beschreibungen
The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W.Adorno.
* * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondencebetween Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English.
* Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these twomajor intellectual figures.
* Offers a compelling insight into the cultural politics of theperiod, at a time of social and political upheaval.
* An invaluable resource for all students of the work of Adornoand especially of Benjamin, extensively annotated andcross-referenced.
* * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondencebetween Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English.
* Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these twomajor intellectual figures.
* Offers a compelling insight into the cultural politics of theperiod, at a time of social and political upheaval.
* An invaluable resource for all students of the work of Adornoand especially of Benjamin, extensively annotated andcross-referenced.
"[In this volume] the reader witnesses the hesitant, tension-filledprocess by which two individuals come together - individualswho could scarcely have approached each other in any other way thanthrough the mediation of this literary form." JürgenHabermas, Die Zeit <!--end-->
"The extraordinary and unique qualities of this correspondencestem from the confrontation in stages between two of the mostintense and energetic minds of the last century." FredricJameson, Duke University
"To reconsider the relationship between Theodor Adorno andWalter Benjamin is to reflect on one of the most enduringphilosophical friendships of the twentieth century." RichardWolin, New Republic
"The first time the letters of these two great minds have beenpublished in their entirety makes for endlessly crunchy readingthat combines high-octane intellectual jousting with a touchingarm's-length friendship and, towards the end, a personaltragedy, as Benjamin's situation gets inexorably worse. Thesinewy dialogues on various topics - music, painting, poetry,Adorno's theory of dialecticism, Benjamin's aesthetics- throw up constant insights into how their major ideas wereformed, as it were, out of live, fluid thinking." Steven Poole,The Guardian
"The extraordinary and unique qualities of this correspondencestem from the confrontation in stages between two of the mostintense and energetic minds of the last century." FredricJameson, Duke University
"To reconsider the relationship between Theodor Adorno andWalter Benjamin is to reflect on one of the most enduringphilosophical friendships of the twentieth century." RichardWolin, New Republic
"The first time the letters of these two great minds have beenpublished in their entirety makes for endlessly crunchy readingthat combines high-octane intellectual jousting with a touchingarm's-length friendship and, towards the end, a personaltragedy, as Benjamin's situation gets inexorably worse. Thesinewy dialogues on various topics - music, painting, poetry,Adorno's theory of dialecticism, Benjamin's aesthetics- throw up constant insights into how their major ideas wereformed, as it were, out of live, fluid thinking." Steven Poole,The Guardian
Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) and Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) were prominent members of the Frankfurt School, and among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century in the areas of social theory, philosophy, literary criticism and aesthetics.
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