A leading theorist on literature and media reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin¿s thought by focusing on the critical suffix ¿-ability¿ that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The result is an illuminating perspective on Benjamin¿s thought by way of his language.
A leading theorist on literature and media reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin¿s thought by focusing on the critical suffix ¿-ability¿ that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The result is an illuminating perspective on Benjamin¿s thought by way of his language.
Contents List of Abbreviations vii I. Benjamin's -abilities 1. Introduction 1 2. Prehistory: Kant, Holderlin-et cetera 3. Criticizability-Calculability 4. Impart-ability: Language as Medium 5. Translatability I: Following (Nachfolge) 6. Translatability II: Afterlife 7. Citability-of Gesture 8. Ability and Style 9. An Afterlife of -abilities: Derrida II. Legibilities 10. Genealogy of Modernity: History, Myth, and Allegory in Benjamin's Origin of the German Mourning Play 11. Awakening 12. Taking Exception to Decision: Walter Benjamin and Carl Schmitt 13. Violence and Gesture: Agamben Reading Benjamin Reading Kafka Reading Cervantes .o.o. 14. Song and Glance: Walter Benjamin's Secret Names (zugewandt- unverwandt) 15. "Streets, Squares, Theaters": A City on the Move-Walter Benjamin's Paris 16. God and the Devil-in Detail 17. Closing the Net: "Capitalism as Religion" (Benjamin) 18. The Ring as Trauerspiel: Reading Wagner with Benjamin and Derrida 19. Reading Benjamin 20. "Seagulls" Appendix. Walter Benjamin's "Seagulls": A Translation Notes Acknowledgments Index
Contents List of Abbreviations vii I. Benjamin's -abilities 1. Introduction 1 2. Prehistory: Kant, Holderlin-et cetera 3. Criticizability-Calculability 4. Impart-ability: Language as Medium 5. Translatability I: Following (Nachfolge) 6. Translatability II: Afterlife 7. Citability-of Gesture 8. Ability and Style 9. An Afterlife of -abilities: Derrida II. Legibilities 10. Genealogy of Modernity: History, Myth, and Allegory in Benjamin's Origin of the German Mourning Play 11. Awakening 12. Taking Exception to Decision: Walter Benjamin and Carl Schmitt 13. Violence and Gesture: Agamben Reading Benjamin Reading Kafka Reading Cervantes .o.o. 14. Song and Glance: Walter Benjamin's Secret Names (zugewandt- unverwandt) 15. "Streets, Squares, Theaters": A City on the Move-Walter Benjamin's Paris 16. God and the Devil-in Detail 17. Closing the Net: "Capitalism as Religion" (Benjamin) 18. The Ring as Trauerspiel: Reading Wagner with Benjamin and Derrida 19. Reading Benjamin 20. "Seagulls" Appendix. Walter Benjamin's "Seagulls": A Translation Notes Acknowledgments Index
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