| Illuminations | 
 enlarge | Author: Walter Benjamin
Creators: Hannah Arendt, Harry Zohn
Publisher: Pimlico
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2962
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0712665757
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9780712665759
ASIN: 0712665757
Publication Date: January 7, 1999
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Artistically compelling. February 2, 2001
12 out of 30 found this review helpful
Benjamin tries to turn sociology into a classical language and yet not really turning it away. This is a great book for anyone who wishes to understand the different mediums of expression. For instance, his artistic expression in 'the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction' essay truly opens up my understanding of the unique relationship between image and time.
Perfection April 7, 1999
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a must read for students of literature, philosophy, history, or aesthetics.
One of the great, unclassifiable writers of the century March 4, 1998
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Walter Benjamin is easily one of the great German prose writers of our century, despite being almost impossible to classify. His subject matter is frequently literary, but he always transcends his subject matter to touch upon issues in philosophy, art, history, Marxism, and Western culture, illuminating (no pun intended) all he discusses. His essays on Proust and Kafka are priceless, and his essays on "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" and the theses on the philsophy of history, are classic. But the best reason to read Benjamin is his prose. There are images in his essays on Proust and Kafka that are as superb as anything in Proust and Kafka. That is saying a lot, but it is true. As a philosopher, I value his example which proves that one can write meaningfully on philosophical topics, and yet write well. This collection of his essays, ILLUMINATIONS, is preferable to the second collection to appear in English, REFLECTIONS, though that one is also worth the time and effort.
Outstanding Philosopher April 16, 1997
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Walter Benjamin was an extremely influencial, wonderfully insightful writer and philosopher. Allow this work may seem dated, the underlying concepts and ideas still hold true for us today. It is definetly dense material, but well forth the time and effort required to understand it.
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