Lowy Michael - Fire Alarm Reading Walter Benjamins " On The Concept Of History" - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This illuminating study of Benjamin's final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopher Revolutionary critic of the philosophy of progress nostalgic of the past yet dreaming of the future romantic partisan of materialism Walter Benjamin is in every sense of the word an unclassifiable philosopher. His essay On the Concept of History was written in a state of urgency as he attempted to escape the Gestapo in 1940, before finally committing suicide. In this scrupulous clear and fascinating examination of this essay Michael L wy argues that it remains one of the most important philosophical and political writings of the twentieth century. Looking in detail at Benjamin's celebrated but often mysterious text and restoring the philosophical theological and political context L wy highlights the complex relationship between redemption and revolution in Benjamin's philosophy of history.
Title: Fire Alarm Reading Walter Benjamins " On The Concept Of History"
Author(s): Lowy Michael
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781784786410
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 10/4/2016
Category: Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -