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Walter Benjamin

Self-Reference and Religiosity

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Margarete Kohlenbach

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Part of the book series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies (NPG)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Language

    • Margarete Kohlenbach
    Pages 1-60

  3. Literature

    • Margarete Kohlenbach
    Pages 61-137

  4. History and Technik

    • Margarete Kohlenbach
    Pages 138-188

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 189-241
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About this book

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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'This is by far the best book on Walter Benjamin I have ever read. It is very clear, very thoughtful, and comprehensive in its treatment of its subject and of the voluminous secondary literature, without, however, getting bogged down in scholastic disputes with other commentators.' - Raymond Geuss, Reader in Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Margarete Kohlenbach

About the author

MARGARETE KOHLENBACH is Lecturer in German and European Studies at the University of Sussex. As an author, her work has been published in German and English.

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