Benjamin for Architects

by Brian Elliott

Book Overview

Walter Benjamin has become a decisive reference point for a whole range of critical disciplines, as he constructed a unique and provocative synthesis of aesthetics, politics and philosophy.

Examining Benjamin's contributions to cultural criticism in relation to the works of Max Ernst, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier and Sigfried Giedion, this book also situates Benjamin's work within more recent developments in architecture and urbanism.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041555814X
• ISBN13: 9780415558143
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"