Das Ornament Der Masse: Essays: Weimar Essays

by Siegfried Kracauer

Book Overview

Siegfried Kracauer was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant cultural critics, a daring and prolific scholar, and an incisive theorist of film. In this volume his finest writings on modern society make their long-awaited appearance in English.

This book is a celebration of the masses--their tastes, amusements, and everyday lives. Taking up themes of modernity, such as isolation and alienation, urban culture, and the relation between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067455163X
• ISBN13: 9780674551633
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"