By Michael Löwy,Chris Turner

ISBN-10: 1784786411

ISBN-13: 9781784786410

ISBN-10: 1844670406

ISBN-13: 9781844670406

This illuminating research of Benjamin’s ultimate essay is helping unencumber the secret of this nice philosopher.

Revolutionary critic of the philosophy of growth, nostalgic of the earlier but dreaming of the long run, romantic partisan of materialism ... Walter Benjamin is in each experience of the observe an “unclassifiable” thinker. His essay “On the concept that of heritage” used to be written in a country of urgency, as he tried to flee the Gestapo in 1940, sooner than ultimately committing suicide.

Michael Löwy argues that it continues to be the most vital philosophical and political writings of the 20 th century, during this scrupulous, transparent and engaging exam. taking a look intimately at Benjamin’s celebrated yet frequently mysterious textual content, and restoring the philosophical, theological and political context, Lowy highlights the complicated courting among redemption and revolution in Benjamin’s philosophy of history.

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