Walter Benjamin and the aesthetics of film

Walter Benjamin and the aesthetics of film / Daniel Mourenza.

Walter Benjamin is today regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. Often captured in pensive pose, his image is now that of a serious intellectual. But Benjamin was also a fan of the comedies of Adolphe Menjou, Mickey Mouse, and Charlie Chaplin. As an antidote to repressive c...

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Main Author: Mourenza, Daniel (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Knowledge and learning.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Film theory and criticism.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Anthropological Materialism and the Aesthetics of Film
  • 2. Soviet Film: The Giant Laboratory of Technological Innervation
  • 3. Film and the Aesthetics of German Fascism
  • 4. Charlie Chaplin: The Return of the Allegorical Mode in Modernity
  • 5. Mickey Mouse: Utopian and Barbarian
  • Conclusion: Benjamin's Belated Aktualität
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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