{"product_id":"walter-benjamins-other-history-of-stones-animals-human-beings-and-angels-volume-15-paperback","title":"Walter Benjamin's Other History: Of Stones, Animals, Human Beings, and Angels Volume 15 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeatrice Hanssen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong considered to be an impenetrable, hermetic treatise, Walter Benjamin's \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama\u003c\/i\u003e has rarely received the attention it deserves as a key text, central to a full understanding of his work. In this critically acclaimed study, distinguished Benjamin scholar Beatrice Hanssen unlocks the philosophical and ethical dimensions of his thought with great clarity and sophisitication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanssen's exacting, expansive study of the ways Benjamin reconceives history and nature in one another's presence, or distance, is part of the increasing recognition of what it must take intellectually and imaginatively to come to terms with this thinker's soaring innovations.--Stanley Cavell, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this profoundly learned book Hanssen interprets Benjamin's \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama\u003c\/i\u003e as the key to understanding his entire corpus. . . . Many books about Benjamin are impenetrable. This one is not.\" --S. Gittleman, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beatrice Hanssen has provided an arresting new reading of Benjamin, based on a wide range of materials and a subtle understanding of theoretical issues, both in his time and our own. Her interpretation is informed by contemporary deconstructionist approaches to the fundamental questions raised by Benjamin's texts, which she demonstrates anticipate many of the concerns of Derrida, Levinas and other recent thinkers.\"--Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beatrice Hanssen elaborates Benjamin's extremely novel and complex notion of 'history' with unparalleled thoroughness, cogency, and clarity.\"--Samuel Weber, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanssen's exacting, expansive study of the ways Benjamin reconceives history and nature in one another's presence, or distance, is part of the increasing recognition of what it must take intellectually and imaginatively to come to terms with this thinker's soaring innovations.--Stanley Cavell, Harvard University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beatrice Hanssen has provided an arresting new reading of Benjamin, based on a wide range of materials and a subtle understanding of theoretical issues, both in his time and our own. Her interpretation is informed by contemporary deconstructionist approaches to the fundamental questions raised by Benjamin's texts, which she demonstrates anticipate many of the concerns of Derrida, Levinas and other recent thinkers.\"--Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beatrice Hanssen elaborates Benjamin's extremely novel and complex notion of 'history' with unparalleled thoroughness, cogency, and clarity.\"--Samuel Weber, University of California, Los Angeles\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeatrice Hanssen\u003c\/b\u003e was trained in Comparative Literature at Johns Hopkins University and is Associate Professor of German at Harvard University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCritique of Violence: Between Poststructuralism and Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, an editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Turn to Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of the series \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.05 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45441048150095,"sku":"9780520226845","price":64.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/klhvA_vuLd9780520226845.webp?v=1780412095","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/walter-benjamins-other-history-of-stones-animals-human-beings-and-angels-volume-15-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}