Walter Benjamin : self-reference and religiosity
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Walter Benjamin : self-reference and religiosity
（New perspectives in German studies）
Palgrave, 2002
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-222) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Walter Benjamin's work represents one of the most radical and controversial responses to the problems of twentieth-century culture and society. This new interpretation analyzes some of the central enigmatic features of his writing, arguing that they result from the co-presence of religious scepticism and the desire for a religious foundation of social life. Margarete Kohlenbach focuses on the structure of self-reference as an expression of Benjamin's sceptical religiosity and examines its significance in his writing on language, literature and the cinema, as well as history, politics and modern technology.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction References and Abbreviations PART I: LANGUAGE Spiritual Self-expression The Self-communication of Language Suspended Revelation PART II: LITERATURE Religious Decisionism and Art Literary Self-reflection Criticism PART III: HISTORY AND TECHNIK Performative Continuity Mortification The Red Flag Technik The Invincible Dwarf Notes Bibliography Index
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