Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno Volume 44

by Miriam Bratu Hansen

Book Overview

Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno--affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument--developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which technological media played a key role. This book explores in depth their reflections on cinema and photography from the Weimar period up to the 1960s. Miriam Bratu Hansen brings to life an impressive archive of known and, in the case of Kracauer, less known materials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B009CL1F7U
• ISBN13: 9780520265608
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"