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Title: Radio Benjamin
Condition: New
Author: Walter Benjamin
Translator: Jonathan Lutes, Lisa Harries Schumann, Diana Reese
Contributor: Lecia Rosenthal (Edited by), Jonathan Lutes (Translated by), Lisa Harries Schumann (Translated by), Diana Reese (Translated by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1839764163
EAN: 9781839764165
ISBN: 9781839764165
Publisher: Verso Books
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics, Films & TV
Release Date: 23/11/2021
Description: Walter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays. From 1927 to '33, he wrote and presented something in the region of eighty broadcasts using the new medium of radio. Radio Benjamin gathers the surviving transcripts, which appear here for the first time in English. This eclectic collection demonstrates the range of Benjamin's thinking and his enthusiasm for popular sensibilities. His celebrated "Enlightenment for Children" youth programs, his plays, readings, book reviews, and fiction reveal Benjamin in a creative, rather than critical, mode. They flesh out ideas elucidated in his essays, some of which are also represented here, where they cover topics as varied as getting a raise and the history of natural disasters, subjects chosen for broad appeal and examined with passion and acuity.
Delightful and incisive, this is Walter Benjamin channeling his sophisticated thinking to a wide audience, allowing us to benefit from a new voice for one of the twentieth century's most respected thinkers.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 28mm
Item Weight: 352g
Release Year: 2021

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