Esther Leslie: Walter Benjamin | Taschenbuch

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Drawing upon a wealth of journal writings and personal correspondence, Esther Leslie presents a uniquely intimate portrait of one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, Walter Benjamin. She sets his life in the context of his middle-class upbringing; explores the social, political, and economic upheaval in Germany during and after World War I; and recounts Benjamin's eccentric love of toys, trick-books, travel, and ships. From the Frankfurt School and his influential friendships with Theodore Adorno, Gershom Scholem, and Bertolt Brecht, to his travels across Europe, Walter Benjamin traces out the roots of Benjamin's groundbreaking writings and their far-reaching impact in his own time. Leslie argues that Benjamin's life challenges the stereotypical narrative of the tragic and lonely intellectual figure--instead positioning him as a man who relished the fierce combat of competing theories and ideas.
Closing with his death at the Spanish-French border in a desperate flight from the Nazis and Stalin, Walter Benjamin is a concise and concentrated account of a capacious intellect trapped by hostile circumstances.

Über den Autor

Esther Leslie is professor of political aesthetics in the School of English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. She is also author of Walter Benjamin: Overpowering Conformism, Hollywood Flatlands, and Synthetic Worlds, the last published by Reaktion Books.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Critical Lives
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781861893437
ISBN-10:	1861893434
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Leslie, Esther
Hersteller:	Reaktion Books Critical Lives
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	200 x 138 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Esther Leslie
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.09.2007
Gewicht:	0,395 kg