[Benjamin, Walter] Nägele, Rainer.

Benjamin’s Ground. New Readings of Walter Benjamin.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1988. 21.6cm x 13.8cm. 190 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

In this collection of eight essays, Rainer Nägele brings together an outstanding group of expert readers who offer a variety of original perspectives on Benjamin’s work. The collection represents a step away from the ‘either-or’ categorizations of Benjamin as mystic or materialist and also from more recent efforts to conclusively claim him for the structuralist and post-structuralist enterprise. Informative and at times provocative, these readings offer insights primarily into the early work with a strong emphasis on Benjamin’s philosophy of language..Benjamin’s ‘ground’ may now be extended not only to Germans interested in Benjamin, but also to those unfamiliar with German seeking to widen their understanind of theories of language, translation, and criticism in relation to history and aesthetics from the perspective of one of this century’s leading philosophers and literary critics. (South Atlantic Review).

Includes contributions by Rainer Naegele, David E. Wellbery, Timothy Bahti, Rodolphe Gasche, Beryl Schlossman, Avital Ronell and Werner Hamacher.

Rainer Nägele – Introduction – Reading Benjamin
Rainer Nägele – Benjamin’s Ground
David E. Wellbery – Benjamin’s Theory of the Lyric
Timothy Bahti – Theories of Knowledge – Fate and Forgetting in the Early Works of Walter Benjamin
Rodolphe Gasche – Saturnine Vision and the Question of Difference: Reflections on Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Language
Beryl Schlossman – Proust and Benjamin – The Invisible Image
Aital Ronell – Street Talk
Werner Hamacher – The Word ‘Wolke’ – If it is one
Index

• Keywords: Benjamin, Walter · Library & Collection Building · Walter Benjamin · Walter Benjamin – Collection · Walter Benjamin Sammlung
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814320406
• Inventory Number: 40628AB