Philosophy and melancholy : Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language

Philosophy and melancholy : Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language / Ilit Ferber.

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 implications for his philosophy. Informed by H...

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Main Author: Ferber, Ilit
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Series:Cultural memory in the present.
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940
1900-1999
Melancholy (Philosophy)
Philosophy, German > 20th century.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Philosophy, German
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