Reading Walter Benjamin: Writing Through the Catastrophe

by Richard J. Lane

A new reading of Walter Benjamin that places his work in historical context and explores the theoretical links with German and Jewish philosophy and theology. The book also provides unique readings of Benjamin and the British artist Rachel Whiteread and British experimental author B.S. Johnson.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719064376
• ISBN13: 9780719064371
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"