{"product_id":"walter-benjamin-an-arcade-of-reflections-paperback","title":"Walter Benjamin: An Arcade of Reflections - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Wall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German philosopher, essayist and critic whose work has grown in relevance and importance in the 75 years since his death by suicide on the French-Spanish border as Nazi invaders drew near. In his possession: a mysterious suitcase, now lost. The University of Chester's Alan Wall examines many of the recent contexts for discussions of Benjamin and offers detailed explanations for the overdue resurgence of interest in this important writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlan Wall\u003c\/b\u003e studied at Oxford and teaches at the University of Chester. For the past several years, he has been writing about Benjamin for \u003cem\u003eThe Fortnightly Review\u003c\/em\u003e. The aim of this collection of essays is to use some of the key concepts of Walter Benjamin in order to describe aspects of contemporary culture and politics. The chapters in this volume: \u003cbr\u003e - Part One: Uneven and Combined Development\u003cbr\u003e - Part Two: Texting: Ancient and Modern\u003cbr\u003e - Part Three: Bad Reading Habits\u003cbr\u003e -Part Four: Spadefuls of Meaning\u003cbr\u003e -Part Five: Walter Benjamin and Aby Warburg -- Photographs of Heaven, Photographs of Hell\u003cbr\u003e - Part Six: The 'Canonicity' of Kafka\u003cbr\u003e - Part Seven: Baudelaire, Allegory and the Aura\u003cbr\u003e - Part Eight: Benjamin's Angel and His 'Theses'\u003cbr\u003e - Part Nine: Benjamin and Surrealism\u003cbr\u003e - Part Ten: Benjamin and the City \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e fortnightlyreview.co.uk\/odd-volumes\/\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448330633394,"sku":"9780999136522","price":17.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f98838a87e802eccf6c9ff4d2f80f957.webp?v=1778752836","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/walter-benjamin-an-arcade-of-reflections-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}