Walter Benjamin: Self-Reference and Religiosity

Kohlenbach, M.

Walter Benjamin's work represents one of the most radical and controversial responses to the problems of twentieth-century culture and society. This new interpretation analyzes some of the central enigmatic features of his writing, arguing that they result from the co-presence of religious scepticism and the desire for a religious foundation of social life. Margarete Kohlenbach focuses on the structure of self-reference as an expression of Benjamin's sceptical religiosity and examines its significance in his writing on language, literature and the cinema, as well as history, politics and modern technology.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-09-06

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781349432097

ISBN-13: 9781349432097

DOI: 10.1057/9780230511279

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 241