Benjamin's Arcades

Benjamin's Arcades: an unguided tour

by Buse, Peter

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'Benjamin's Arcades' is an innovative text for students and specialists on the intellectual and political context of Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece, 'The Arcades Project'. It includes a special 'convoluted index' to aid the reader in discovering recurrent themes and ideas, both in the book itself and Benjamin's methods.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Benjamin's Arcades : an unguided tour / Peter Buse [and others].

Summary

'Benjamin's Arcades' is an innovative text for students and specialists on the intellectual and political context of Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece, 'The Arcades Project'. It includes a special 'convoluted index' to aid the reader in discovering recurrent themes and ideas, both in the book itself and Benjamin's methods.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

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Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 205 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0719069882, 9780719069888, 0719069890, 9780719069895
  • oclc:ocm62307824
  • LC Classification:PT2603.E455
  • Dewey Decimal:725.21

Table of Contents

Encounters: introductory notes and historical perspectives -- Arcades -- Method -- Judaism -- Modernity/modernism -- Magic -- Empathy/Einfühlung -- Insurrection -- The angel of history -- Awakening -- Advertising -- Nations -- Jeux/joie/jouissance -- Idleness -- Night -- Nazis -- Ending.

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