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Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity
Andrew Benjamin
Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity
Andrew Benjamin
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221). Publisher Marketing: In what ways are Walter Benjamin's writings centrally caught up with architectural concerns, from the redevelopment of major urban centres to the movements that individuals can make within the new spaces of modern cities? This volume collects essays on time in cinema, the problem of kitsch, the design of graves and tombs, and more. Contributor Bio: Benjamin, Andrew Andrew Benjamin is Professor of Critical Theory and Philosophical Aesthetics at Monash University, Australia. His previous publications include: Writing Art and Architecture(Re: press, 2010) Of Jews and Animals (Edinburgh University Press, 2010), Style and Time: Essays on the Politics of Appearance (Northwestern UP, 2006), Disclosing Spaces: On Painting (Clinamen Press, 2004), Philosophy's Literature (Clinamen Press, 2001) and Present Hope: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Judaism (Routledge, 1997). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2005.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 25, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780980544022 |
Publishers | Re.Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 349 g |
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