| Contact this seller May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, different cover images, etc (the dust cover may be missing). - Publisher. CDs, access codes etc. It begins with Proust like remembrances of Benjamin's Berlin youth and progresses to his theoretical - though that term hardly suits Benjamin’s eclectic style - essays on violence, Karl Kraus, Brecht and so on. 5. | Contact this seller Paperback. Condition: Gut. Please try your request again later. More information about this seller Item in very good condition! Reflections essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings First published in 1978 Subjects Translations into ... Edit. Essays~ Aphorisms~ Autobiographical Writings. Customer service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_291240626. Benjamin, Walter. (1988), From: It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 7. Schocken, 22. A companion volume to Illuminsations. Being considered the "other" collection of Benjamin essays after Illuminations, it shouldn't shock me that these weren't as stunning. Book is in Used-Good condition. by Schocken, Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. About this Item: Schocken Books Inc, 1986. Tell us what you're looking for and once a match is found, we'll inform you by e-mail. (New York, NY, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken, 1986. Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2008. Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. I believe this contains the essay, "The Author as Producer" - an amazing piece of literature on Bertolt Brecht. | Contact this seller Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 1: 1913–1926, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media, Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 4: 1938–1940, The Sublime Object of Ideology (The Essential Zizek), Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present), Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, Aesthetic Theory (Theory and History of Literature), An extraordinary collection of writings of a major modern thinker and cultural critic, this is a companion volume to Illuminations, edited by Hannah Arendt. "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book." .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Enjoy features only possible in digital – start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more. Steven Wolfe Books That said, they are still fantastic. - Publisher. About this Item: Schocken Books Inc, 1986. Walter Benjamin qualifies his mode of collecting the past, referring to the process as one of gathering reminiscences rather than writing autobiography, which implies a chronological flow of time. More information about this seller Griffin Books Start by marking “Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Browse the world's largest eBookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. Schocken This item may be a former library book with typical markings. Condition: Very Good. Good+. (Skokie, IL, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken, 1986. Writings on Brecht and Karl Kraus are included. This was is a beautiful introduction to critical theory, by a writer who's worldview was shaped by the horrors of the Holocaust. Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016, if this is the kind of thing you like, this is the thing you will like, Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015. Especially the essays that evolve to the messiah. 1st. (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom), About this Item: Paperback. ). Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. In particular, thought usually has a better chance when one is shaken by laughter than when one’s mind is ... Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings, Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writing, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs. A companion volume to Illuminations (also available in Schocken paperback), Reflections presents a new sampling of Walter Benjamin's wide-ranging work. Condition: GOOD. 21. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Seller Inventory # 100668. Condition: As New. He died in 1940. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our, I think the best essays are in _Illuminations_. The next day, the passage worked out. "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book:' Bibliography: p. Includes index. | Contact this seller Pages and cover are clean and intact. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. More information about this seller Schocken Books 1986. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Seller Inventory # 249619-5. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Paperback. Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. loses the diagram of his life. Seller Inventory # 028918. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. ... Reflections: essays,aphorisms, autobiographical writings. We’d love your help. Paperback. Condition: Good. I offer up a fifth star to the mythopoetic god of obscurity, that my syntactic contortions might be salved. Soft cover. Schocken, 1986. I really needed this for an exam and it arrived quickly and it was cheap :). (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), About this Item: Schocken, 1986. A. Book is in Used-Good condition. Comfy. 13. May 27, 2014 Jonfaith rated it liked it. i read/wrote a 50 page paper on, "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction". 348-page paperback in fine condition. Condition: Good. Softcover, 348 pages, good condition; crease to spine; owner's name on inside cover; scattered pencil underlinings. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. Paperback. More information about this seller Seller Inventory # 83483. (Ottawa, ON, Canada), About this Item: Soft cover. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the Kindle edition of this book. Therefore, I love Benjamin. Schocken Books 1986. | Contact this seller (1986), From: Fullerstone Books Soft cover. 12. Condition: Good. "A Harvest/HBJ book." Benjamin was targeted by the Nazis. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). With the exception of Schopenhauer, I don't think I've ever read a philosophy book that was an "exciting read" all the way through. This volume includes many of Benjamin's more personal, less theoretical writings, including the lengthy, wonderfully Germanic childhood reminiscence that opens the book. Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings Paperback – March 12 1986 by Walter Benjamin (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings. 348-page paperback in fine condition. Published by Condition: Very Good. 23. Seller Inventory # ZB1186590. Great reading/study copy. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. xliii, 348 pp. Published by (1986), From: 10. More information about this seller 17. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. More information about this seller New. 6. edition 1986 : Walter Benjamin - tb 94-KZ7B-TRIG Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 295. Condition: Good. More information about this seller I bought this book specifically for Zur Kritik Der Gewalt, but I've enjoyed other essays. From: Condition: Good. Concordia Books | Contact this seller Welcome back. Condition: VERY GOOD. book. Gewicht (Gramm): 464. More information about this seller Schocken Books Inc, 1986. Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. / Walter Benjamin is recognized as one of the most acute analysts of literary and sociological phenomenon of the 19th and 20th centuries." | Contact this seller Condition: Fine. 26. More information about this seller This collection of essays includes his reflections on smoking Hashish, the depths of love and aging and his more marxist analyses of art and literature. 400 Seiten Schocken - 1st. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. 348 S. Original-Kartonband Gutes Exemplar. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writing. Condition: New. Paperback. Condition: As New. | Contact this seller Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Soft cover. About this Item: Condition: New. ; 21 cm. Ships Fast! He died in 1940. Reflections essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings This edition published in 1978 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in New York. Paperback. He had an unappeasable appetite for the marginal and the idiosyncratic, because deviance looked to him like an epistemological advantage. Schocken, 1986. Paperback. Seller Inventory # ReBeSc10.1. Condition: acceptable. Satisfaction Guaranteed!. Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. GlassFrogBooks (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken, 1986. Never stops being relevant. ANARTIST Please try again. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. About this Item: Schocken. Müller & Gräff e.K. Shelves: theory. More information about this seller More information about this seller Will not include dust jacket. Benjamin, Walter, Edited by Peter Demetz. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # 119c4295503. Condition: Very Good. | Contact this seller ", "There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time.". Good+. References to this work on external resources. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! Especially "Critique of Violence" about the establishment of law. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and was also greatly inspired by the Marxism of Bertolt Brecht and Jewish mysticism as presented by Gershom Scholem. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. 9. Age toning, light soiling. First Schocken Edition; Pb., 348 pp., index; very good,clean copy, tight binding. Seller Inventory # 000140762U. | Contact this seller Edited and with an Introduction by Peter Demetz. Published by (WILLINGTON, CT, U.S.A.), About this Item: 1986. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Warning: May contain spoilers. This posthumously-published collection of essays, covers a variety of topics from his life in pre-WWII Berlin, the theatre, time with Bertolt Brecht, language and time spent in Moscow, Paris, Naples and Marseille. Schocken Books Inc, 1986. "A companion volume to Illuminations (also available in Schocken paperback), Reflections presents a new sampling of Walter Benjamin's wide-ranging work. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. As new clean tight and bright original cover art Please email for photos. -Preface to the book, by Leon Wieseltier. Schoken printing. Schocken, 1986. | Contact this seller 1986. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Seller Inventory # 00012706907. ; 21 cm. From: Walter Benjamin quotes the following words from Apollinaire's L'esprit nouveau et les poetes (1918); Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2017. Reflections. (Portland, OR, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken, 1988. Paperback. Distracted and Defeated: the rulers and the ruled. (Stuttgart, Germany), About this Item: New York Schocken, 1989. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. Nothing that was not neglected could be true." Great compliment to Illuminations, which contains the seminal texts of Benjamin; his Theses on History and his work on Baudelaire. So does Walter Benjamin. There's a problem loading this menu right now. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Books sent via US Postal. Has little wear to the cover and pages. First Edition. 19. May have highlights and/or notes. / Walter Benjamin is recognized as one of the most acute analysts of literary and sociological phenomenon of the 19th and 20th centuries." We’d love your help. Condition: Good. A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. glenthebookseller While self-exposure provides power, the promise of identity as well as the perverse pleasures of vertigo and exposure, it is also a means of re-collection. Reflections. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages that interest you. "Critique of Violence" is, of course, exceptionally amazing. In this way language may be seen as the highest level of mimetic behavior and the most complete archive of nonsensuous similarity: a medium into which the earlier powers of mimetic production and comprehension have passed without residue, to the point where they have liquidated those of magic. Benjamin is an extremely powerful writer. (1986), From: Might be ex-library book. Fast & reliable delivery. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. Seller Inventory # R06345C. As signs that what was really desired a hundred years ago like the promise of a new age could be put into words as the lack of what users of the internet now get for stump, stomp, snort, and chortle, is an attempt to picture the crisis of the arts then. May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, different cover images, etc (the dust cover may be missing). Schocken, 1986. 3. | Contact this seller More information about this seller This one collection, however, brings joy and food for thought. Condition: Good. No current Talk conversations about this book. 348-page paperback in fine condition. New York Schocken, 1989. In addition to literary criticism, it contains autobiographical narration and travel pieces, aphorisms, and philosophical-theological speculations. For some equally illuminating secondary literature, see Susan Buch-Morrs work, especially her book on Benjamin's Arcades Project. It appeared hope was lost and he would not find passage so he committed suicide. Being considered the "other" collection of Benjamin essays after Illuminations, it shouldn't shock me that these weren't as stunning. From: Benjamin is universally acknowledged to be among the very best. book. More information about this seller A bit of a slog in the final part, in the last section of essays. The whole thing is so coruscant that it feels like a damn shame to only print part of it, but even reading part of it is enough to send me into rapture. Published by Foreign shipping may be extra. Soft cover. A+ Customer service! Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. I feel rather conflicted about the presence of a fragment of the lengthy essay/aphorism collection "One-Way Street." Pirate Souls: First Voyage : The Anarkhia, The Rebellious Slave: Breaking the Matrix, Fast, FREE delivery, video streaming, music, and much more. (Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken Books, New York, 1986. 20. This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2014, a bit used as seller described, but not much. Kraus and Critique of Violence are essential. Wow, I was in doubts about this book, but it actually surprised me and turned out to be a very good one. 1st. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. Walter Benjamin. (Lewiston, NY, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken Books Inc, 1986. May have highlights and/or notes. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Tight, clean text. Demetz's introduction, with some modification/caveats, and whether for good or ill, pinpoints a large part of what draws me to Benjamin: "his philosophy, sustained by utter loneliness, rather than by the concerns of the masses, particularly attracts those intellectuals who restlessly search for a better world and yet shy away from the grubbbier commitments of a practical kind.". Paperback. (Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.), About this Item: Schocken, 1986. More information about this seller Condition: Very Good. More information about this seller © 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, and over one million other books are available for, Social Scientist & Psychologist Biographies (Books). May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. The section on Berlin was wonderful, as was the essay on surrealism. 8vo; Picture may not match book; light wear/scuffing to covers/spine; spine/edges lightly sunned/faded; light scratches to spine; text unmarked and clean; Binding square and straight. Standard used condition. Condition: As New. New York: Schocken Books, xliii, 348pp., PAPERBACK, squiggly red ink underlining, some substantial, on about 11 pages in introduction and 5 pages in text, otherwise very good reading copy, previous owner's lengthy ink insignia squiggle on front endpaper ISBN 080520802X. Condition: acceptable. Condition: Gut. CDs, access codes etc. Taschenbuch. The spine remains undamaged. Condition: Good. I love Walter's works, but first ones always no-so-good. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. 15. Schocken, 1986. From: Condition: Very Good. | Contact this seller Seller Inventory # 228061. Unable to add item to Wish List. Not an easy read, but sprinkled with surprising insight, as all of his writings are. 24. See all 6 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings. It was his premise that nothing is what it appears to be, and this made him into a scholar of appearances. | Contact this seller Schocken. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers For although the child, in his solitary games, grows up at closest quarters to the city, he needs and seeks guides to its wider expanses, and the first of these -- for a son of wealthy middle-class parents like me -- are sure to have been nursemaids. Antiquariat Armebooks Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. It's easier when Benjamin is writing about cities, or personal experiences. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. Great reading/study copy. First Schocken Edition; Pb., 348 pp., index; very good,clean copy, tight binding. From: More information about this seller ", There are certain essays in here ("Critique of Violence," for example) that are solid fives. + One Way Street; Moscow; Paris, Capital of...; Conversations with Brecht; Author as Producer; Critique of Violence. Two of them I consider outstanding and among his best, Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century and Critique of Violence (which I now remember plays a large roll in Giorgio Agamben's State of Exception). New York Schocken Published by This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. I also really enjoyed the pieces on Brecht, "Theologio-Political Fragment," "The Destructive Character," and "Paris, Capital of the 19th Centruy.". 1. (1989), From: Edited and with an Introduction by Peter Demetz. xliii, 348 pp. You get Benjamin the traveller, Benjamin the romantic, even Benjamin the goofy stoner kid. Reflections : essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings ... Reflections : essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings by Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940; Demetz, Peter, 1922-Publication date 1978 ... Be the first one to write a review. 1st Edition. I love side streets and quaint, hidden coffee shops. What can be said, it's Walter Benjamin! Schocken, 1986. Paperback. Creator. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, recounts Berlin in the '20s, recalls conversations with Brecht, provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. ISBN 10: 080520802XISBN 13: 9780805208023, From: A+ Customer service! Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # GOR005034043. Edition Notes Bibliography: p. 339-340. More information about this seller Walter Benjamin. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Schocken Books, New York This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Paperback. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Oct. 5 (sale item)* 348 pp., Paperback, fine. Unlike Illuminations, which focuses on the literary essays Benjamin wrote, Reflections is intended to present a wide variety of subject and style. Paperback. Translated by Edmund [ephcott . From: More information about this seller Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings Walter Benjamin , Peter Demetz A companion volume to Illuminations , the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work.