A new reading of Walter Benjamin that places his work in historical context and explores the theoretical links with German and Jewish philosophy and theology. The book also provides unique readings of Benjamin and the British artist Rachel Whiteread and British experimental author B.S. Johnson.
A new reading of Walter Benjamin that places his work in historical context and explores the theoretical links with German and Jewish philosophy and theology. The book also provides unique readings of Benjamin and the British artist Rachel Whiteread and British experimental author B.S. Johnson.
Richard J. Lane is Professor of English at Malaspina University-College, Canada
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. 'Kulturpessimisus' & the new thinking The decline of the West Messianic new thinking 3. Metaphysics of youth: Wyneken & 'Rausch' Wyneken Youth's legacy 'Rausch' - youth's intoxication The metaphysics of youth 4. History: Surreal messianism Eternal return Profane illumination Surrealism Messianic time 5. Goethe and the 'Georgekreis' The struggle with an angel The essay form Goethe as critical constellation Death's detour 6. Kant's experience Reduction & restriction The despot of pure reason The Kantian distance 7. Casting the work of art Aesthetic judgement "Space Under My Steel Chair" The series Fixed-explosive Memorial aesthetics 8. Narrative order & modern fiction Shuffle, or, order and de-formation Just gaming Benjamin, Johnson & Wittgenstein Aphorism 9. Conclusion: Exile & the time of crisis Reconfiguring repetition Weapons of mass destruction disrupting singularity Postscript on crisis time Glossary of German words and expressions Bibliography
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. 'Kulturpessimisus' & the new thinking The decline of the West Messianic new thinking 3. Metaphysics of youth: Wyneken & 'Rausch' Wyneken Youth's legacy 'Rausch' - youth's intoxication The metaphysics of youth 4. History: Surreal messianism Eternal return Profane illumination Surrealism Messianic time 5. Goethe and the 'Georgekreis' The struggle with an angel The essay form Goethe as critical constellation Death's detour 6. Kant's experience Reduction & restriction The despot of pure reason The Kantian distance 7. Casting the work of art Aesthetic judgement "Space Under My Steel Chair" The series Fixed-explosive Memorial aesthetics 8. Narrative order & modern fiction Shuffle, or, order and de-formation Just gaming Benjamin, Johnson & Wittgenstein Aphorism 9. Conclusion: Exile & the time of crisis Reconfiguring repetition Weapons of mass destruction disrupting singularity Postscript on crisis time Glossary of German words and expressions Bibliography
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