Andrew Benjamin

Present Hope (eBook, ePUB)

Philosophy, Architecture, Judaism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Present Hope" is a compelling exploration of how we think philosophically about the present. Andrew Benjamin considers examples in philosophy, architecture and poetry to illustrate crucial themes of loss, memory, tragedy, hope and modernity. The book uses the work of Walter Benjamin and Martin Heidegger to illustrate the ways the notion of hope was weaved into their philosophies. Andrew Benjamin maintains that hope is a vital part of the present, rather than an expression only of the future. "Present Hope" shows how Judaism and philosophy interact; how the Holocaust provides an important link between modernity and the present. Benjamin's writings on the significance of the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the poetry of Paul Celan unite toward understanding the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134784387
• Artikelnr.: 42724864

Autorenporträt

Andrew Benjamin

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Hope at the Present. 2. Time and Task: Benjamin and
Heidegger Showing the Present. 3. Shoah, Remembrance and the Abeyance of
Fate: Walter Benjamin's 'Fate and Character'. 4. Awakening from Tragedy.
Tragedy's Present Condition. 5. The Architecture of Hope: Daniel
Libeskind's Jewish Museum. 6. Continuing with Poetry: Celan and Jabes.
Conclusion: The Renewal of Hope.