Overview

Full Product Details

9780745629629

Table of Contents

Reviews

Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engaging portrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer s wide-ranging and imaginative work as theorist and critic of media and metropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully captures Kracauer s distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy and sharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its due to Kracauer as a major figure in the orbit of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University Kracauer may rest a while in peace , but only for a while. Gilloch s magisterial study, forces a return to Kracauer. Music, film, the city and his own literary attempts tie Kracauer to the modern. The book reveals a thinker who, in responding to the demands of his own time, writes and thinks in a way that addresses the contemporary. There is an acuity of thought that allows Kracauer to engage our modernity. Gilloch s own power as a writer and a thinker is to stage that engagement. This is an invaluable book whose presence should be both welcomed and celebrated. Andrew Benjamin, Monash University

Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engagingportrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer s wide-rangingand imaginative work as theorist and critic of media andmetropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully capturesKracauer s distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy andsharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its dueto Kracauer as a major figure in the orbit of Frankfurt SchoolCritical Theory. Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University Kracauer may rest a while in peace , but only for awhile. Gilloch s magisterial study, forces a return toKracauer. Music, film, the city and his own literary attempts tieKracauer to the modern. The book reveals a thinker who, inresponding to the demands of his own time, writes and thinks in away that addresses the contemporary. There is an acuity of thoughtthat allows Kracauer to engage our modernity. Gilloch s ownpower as a writer and a thinker is to stage that engagement. Thisis an invaluable book whose presence should be both welcomed andcelebrated. Andrew Benjamin, Monash University

Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engaging portrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer's wide-ranging and imaginative work as theorist and critic of media and metropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully captures Kracauer's distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy and sharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its due to Kracauer as a major figure in the orbit of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University Kracauer may rest a while in peace , but only for a while. Gilloch's magisterial study, forces a return to Kracauer. Music, film, the city and his own literary attempts tie Kracauer to the modern. The book reveals a thinker who, in responding to the demands of his own time, writes and thinks in a way that addresses the contemporary. There is an acuity of thought that allows Kracauer to engage our modernity. Gilloch's own power as a writer and a thinker is to stage that engagement. This is an invaluable book whose presence should be both welcomed and celebrated. Andrew Benjamin, Monash University

Author Information

Graeme Gilloch is Reader in Sociology at the University of Lancaster

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available