David Frisby

Fragments of Modernity (Routledge Revivals) (eBook, ePUB)

Theories of Modernity in the Work of Simmel, Kracauer and Benjamin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1986, this book provides a critical introduction to the work of three of the most original German thinkers of the early twentieth century. In each case they focus on those fragments of social experience that could best capture the sense of modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134459926
• Artikelnr.: 39905366

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Modernité 2. Georg Simmel: Modernity as an Eternal Present 3. Siegfried Kracauer: 'Exemplary Instances' of Modernity 4. Walter Benjamin: Prehistory of Modernity; Conclusion; Notes, Bibliography; Index

Rezensionen

"[A] systemically organised and meticulously documented study ... This rich and sensitively argued book will be an essential guide to at least one important strand of contemporary thinking about modernity" - Times Higher Education Supplement

"An essential resource not only for students of 20^th-century German thought, but also for anyone wrestling with the dilemmas of contemporary existence" - Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley