Baudelaire Contra Benjamin: A Critique of Politicized Aesthetics and Cultural Marxism

By Wayne Cristaudo and Beibei Guan

Book Overview

This book offers the first sustained argument against the philosophy of Walter Benjamin and his readings of Charles Baudelaire. Drawing upon the existential insights of Baudelaire it is also a critique of politicized aesthetics, and cultural Marxism, of which Benjamin is a pioneering and emblematic figure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149859509X
• ISBN13: 9781498595094
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"