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Introducing Walter Benjamin

A Graphic Guide

Alex Coles author Howard Caygill author Andrzej Klimowski author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Icon Books

Published:6th Mar '14

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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.

Walter Benjamin is often considered the key modern philosopher and critic of modern art.

Tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history, Introducing Walter Benjamin highlights his commitment to political transformation of the arts as a means to bring about social change.

Benjamin witnessed first-hand many of the cataclysmic events of modern European history. He took a critical stance on the dominant ideologies of Marxism, Zionism and Technocracy, and his attempt to flee Nazi Europe ultimately led to his suicide in 1940.

With its brilliant combination of words and images, this is an ideal introduction to one of the most elusive philosophers.

ISBN: 9781848316928

Dimensions: 168mm x 118mm x 13mm

Weight: 122g

176 pages