Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life

✍ Scribed by Howard Eiland

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 765
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Walter Benjamin was perhaps the twentieth century's most elusive intellectual. His writings defy categorization, and his improvised existence has proven irresistible to mythologizers. In a major new biography, Howard Eiland and Michael Jennings present a comprehensive portrait of the man and his times, as well as extensive commentary on his work.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. A Berlin Childhood: 1892– 1912
2. Metaphysics of Youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912– 1914
3. The Concept of Criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915– 1919
4. Elective Affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920– 1922
5. Academic Nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923– 1925
6. Weimar Intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925– 1928
7. The Destructive Character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929– 1932
8. Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933– 1934
9. The Parisian Arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935– 1937
10. Baudelaire and the Streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938– 1939
11. The Angel of History: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939– 1940
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Ac know ledg ments
Index