Introducing Walter Benjamin: A Graphic Guide

Author:   Alex Coles ,  Andrzej Klimowski ,  Howard Caygill
Publisher:   Icon Books
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9781848316928


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   06 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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A Graphic Guide to Walter Benjamin, tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history as well as his particular focus on the tension between Marxism and Zionism, and between word and image in modern art. The German Jewish philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) witnessed first-hand some of the great historical events of the 20th century, meeting many of the leading modernist artists, writers and poets, and taking a critical stance on the dominant ideologies of the period - Marxism, Zionism and Technocracy. He died while fleeing the Nazis in 1940. Introducing Walter Benjamin follows his life and work, tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history as well as his particular focus on the tension between Zionism and Marxism, and between word and image in modern art. Benjamin was also one of the first critics to recognize that a technology that could reproduce art could also destroy it. With its brilliant combination of words and images, this book is the ideal introduction to this key modern philosopher and critic of modern art. AUTHORS: Howard Caygill is Professor Of Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, London. Alex Coles is Professor of Transdisciplinary Studies at the University of Huddesrfield.

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Author:   Alex Coles ,  Andrzej Klimowski ,  Howard Caygill
Publisher:   Icon Books
Imprint:   Icon Books
Dimensions:   Width: 11.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 16.80cm
Weight:   0.122kg
ISBN:  

9781848316928


ISBN 10:   1848316925
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   06 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Howard Caygill is Professor Of Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, London.|Alex Coles is Professor of Transdisciplinary Studies at the University of Huddesrfield.

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