Benjamin's passages: dreaming, awakening [1st ed] 9780823262564, 9780823262571, 0823262561, 082326257X

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Benjamin's passages: dreaming, awakening [1st ed]
 9780823262564, 9780823262571, 0823262561, 082326257X

Table of contents :
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Contexts of the Aesthetic 2. Epigones in the House of Language: Benjamin on Kraus 3. Benjamin on Atget: Empty Streets and the Fading of Aura 4. Entering the Passagen 5. Citation as Incitation: The Political Agenda of the Passagenarbeit 6. Messianism, "Weak" and Otherwise 7. Forgetting, Dreaming, Awakening Works Cited Index

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