Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language by Ilit Ferber

Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language

Ilit Ferber

264 pages first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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This book traces the concept of melancholy in Walter Benjamin's early writings. Rather than focusing on the overtly melancholic subject matter of Benjamin's work or the unhappy circumstances of his own fate, Ferber considers the concept's implicat...

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