{"product_id":"walter-benjamin-9789004235625","title":"Walter Benjamin","description":"In \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin. Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend\u003c\/i\u003e Stéphane Symons offers an innovative reading of the work of German philosopher, essayist and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). Oftentimes interpreted as being either of a theological (Jewish-Messianic) or a materialist (neo-Marxist) nature, Benjamin’s writings are here characterized as \"neither a-theological, nor immediately theological.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting from Benjamin’s philosophy of history, his interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka, his study on the German Baroque and his critique of modernity, \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin. Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend\u003c\/i\u003e zooms in on the issue of how a belief in the possibility of redemption and an attentiveness [\u003ci\u003eAufmerksamkeit\u003c\/i\u003e] to expressions of an absolute force can endure within a universe that is nevertheless confronted as unfulfilled.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stéphane Symons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48450527723771,"sku":"9789004235625","price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_6c23d844-fdc6-4f5d-a901-9bfb6bb070cd.jpg?v=1778022522","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/walter-benjamin-9789004235625","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}