Walter Benjamin : self-reference and religiosity / Margarete Kohlenbach.

By:

Kohlenbach, Margarete

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New perspectives in German studiesPublication details: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2002.Description: xvii, 241 p. ; 22 cm.PbkISBN:

9781349432097

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DDC classification:

193 KOH 21

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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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	193 KOH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2284

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-222) and index.

• 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.

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.

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