Illuminations
Essays and Reflections
Recommended by Edmund de Waal, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #28 in Aesthetics, Ranked #81 in Marxism
Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Illuminations includes Benjamin's views on Kafka, with whom he felt the closest personal affinity, his studies on Baudelaire and Proust (both of whom he translated), his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater.
Also included are his penetrating study on "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an illuminating discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his thesis on the philosophy of history. Hannah Arendt selected the essays for this... more
Also included are his penetrating study on "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an illuminating discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his thesis on the philosophy of history. Hannah Arendt selected the essays for this... more
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Edmund de Waal It’s a meditation on history, a meditation on philosophy, a meditation on collecting and an autobiography as well. (Source)
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