Body-and Image-Space: Re-Reading Walter Benjamin (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)

Body-and Image-Space: Re-Reading Walter Benjamin (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)

by SigridWeigel (Author)

Synopsis

The last decade has seen a new wave of interest in philosophical and theoretical circles in the writings of Walter Benjamin. In Body-and Image-Space Sigrid Weigel, one of Germany's leading feminist theorists and a renowned commentator on the work of Walter Benjamin, argues that the reception of his work has so far overlooked a crucial aspect of his thought - his use of images. Weigel shows that it is precisely his practice of thinking in images that holds the key to understanding the full complexity, richness and topicality of Benjamin's theory.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 26 Sep 1996

ISBN 10: 0415109566
ISBN 13: 9780415109567

Media Reviews
With its stunningly novel reading of the fabled angel of history, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Benjamin's Aktualitaet today. Lucidly argues and luminously presented, it explores Benjamin's thinking and writing-in-images in a widening range of concentric circles ... A major contribution to historical scholarship and contemporary critical debates.
-Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University