Fire alarm : reading Walter Benjamin's 'On the Concept of History'
Löwy, Michael, 1938-2006
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The author argues that the last text written by Benjamin is one of the most important philosophical and political writings of the 20th century. He looks in detail at Benjamin's celebrated but mysterious text, and strives to understand the complex relationship between redemption and revolution.
Main title:
Fire alarm : reading Walter Benjamin's 'On the Concept of History' / Michael Löwy ; translated by Chris Turner.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2006.
Collation:
144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781844670406 (hbk)
Dewey class:
838.91209
Local class:
838.91209
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
875213