Walter Benjamin is now widely recognized as one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century. This book is a timely and lucid study of Benjamin's lifelong fascination with the city and forms of metropolitan experience. Benjamin's critical and complex account of the modern urban environment is traced through a number of key texts: the pioneering sketches of Naples, Marseilles and Moscow; his childhood reminiscences of Berlin; and his brilliant and unfinished studies of nineteenth-century Paris and ...
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Walter Benjamin is now widely recognized as one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century. This book is a timely and lucid study of Benjamin's lifelong fascination with the city and forms of metropolitan experience. Benjamin's critical and complex account of the modern urban environment is traced through a number of key texts: the pioneering sketches of Naples, Marseilles and Moscow; his childhood reminiscences of Berlin; and his brilliant and unfinished studies of nineteenth-century Paris and the poet Charles Baudelaire. Gilloch emphasizes the importance of these writings for an interpretation of Benjamin's work as a whole, and highlights their relevance for our contemporary understanding of modernity.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780745611259.