Walter Benjamin for Children: An Essay on His Radio Years

by Jeffrey Mehlman

In light of the legendary difficulty of Walter Benjamin's works, it is a strange and intriguing fact that from 1929 to 1933 the great critic and cultural theorist wrote--and broadcast--numerous scripts, on the order of fireside chats, for children. Invited to speak on whatever subject he considered appropriate, Benjamin talked to the children of Frankfurt and Berlin about the destruction of Pompeii, an earthquake in Lisbon, and a railroad disaster...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226518655
• ISBN13: 9780226518657
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"