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The Curious Curator's Book Blog
The Curious Curator's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Better known for his writings on photography and aesthetic theory - in particular, how technologies of reproduction influence the way we experience art - Walter Benjamin is less known for his contributions to radio, both as producer and essayist. Radio Benjamin is the first book in English entirely ...
audreyhawkins
audreyhawkins rated it 18 years ago
I read this book a while ago, and the further away from it I get, the more it seems to grip my imagination, it's so rich and evocative. I found a Sontag quote about Benjamin that explains exactly the feeling conveyed by his writing. She says each sentence "had to say everything, before the inward ga...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 21 years ago
I read some of this for a Lit course but need to go back and read the entire thing.
Book Addled
Book Addled rated it 56 years ago
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. The past recaptured. Walter Benjamin qualifies his mode of collecting the past, referring to the process as one of gathering reminiscences rathe...
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