David S. Ferris (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin

Herausgeber: David S., Ferris; Ferris, David S.

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Produktbeschreibung

Offering a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Walter Benjamin, the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist, this Companion examines different significant aspects of Benjamin's work. Topics of contributions include Benjamin's relationship to the avant-garde movements of his time; his theories on language, mimesis and modernity; and his relevance to modern cultural studies. Additional material includes autobiographical writings, a guide to further reading and a chronology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521797245
• ISBN-10: 0521797241
• Artikelnr.: 21378707

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
List of abbreviations and short titles
Chronology
Introduction: reading Benjamin David S. Ferris
1. Walter Benjamin and the European avant-garde Michael Jennings
2. Art forms Jan Mieszkowski
3. Language and mimesis in Walter Benjamin's work Beatrice Hanssen
4. Walter Benjamin's concept of cultural history Howard Caygill
5. Benjamin's modernity Andrew Benjamin
6. Benjamin and psychoanalysis Sarah Ley Roff
7. Benjamin and the ambiguities of Romanticism Rebecca Comay
8. Body politics: Benjamin's dialectical materialism between Brecht and the Frankfurt School Rainer Nägele
9. Method and time: Benjamin's dialectical images Max Pensky
10. Benjamin's phantasmagoria: the Arcades Project Margaret Cohen
11. Acts of self-portraiture: Benjamin's confessional and literary writings Gerhard Richter
Guide to further reading
Index.