Leslie, Esther
Walter Benjamin (Critical Lives)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781861893437
- author:
- Leslie, Esther
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Reaktion Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 192
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Walter Benjamin: A Life of Intense Intellectual Combat. Esther Leslie presents a unique and intimate portrait of Walter Benjamin, drawing upon his journal writings and personal correspondence. This biography sets Benjamin's life against the backdrop of his middle-class upbringing, exploring the social, political, and economic upheaval in Germany during and after World War I. Benjamin's life is marked by his eccentric interests and friendships with influential thinkers, including Theodore Adorno, Gershom Scholem, and Bertolt Brecht. Leslie argues that Benjamin's life challenges traditional narratives of the tragic intellectual figure, instead revealing a man who relished the fierce combat of competing theories and ideas. The book concludes with Benjamin's death at the Spanish-French border in 1940, a poignant reminder of his life cut short by hostile circumstances.
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