Fire Alarm

Reading Walter Benjamin’s "On the Concept of History"

Michael Löwy (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2016
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78478-641-0 (ISBN)

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This illuminating study of Benjamin's final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopher

Revolutionary critic of the philosophy of progress, nostalgic of the past yet dreaming of the future, romantic partisan of materialism - Walter Benjamin is in every sense of the word an "unclassifiable" philosopher. His essay "On the Concept of History" was written in a state of urgency, as he attempted to escape the Gestapo in 1940, before finally committing suicide.

In this scrupulous, clear and fascinating examination of this essay, Michael Löwy argues that it remains one of the most important philosophical and political writings of the twentieth century. Looking in detail at Benjamin's celebrated but often mysterious text, and restoring the philosophical, theological and political context, Löwy highlights the complex relationship between redemption and revolution in Benjamin's philosophy of history.

Michael Löwy isResearch Director of Sociology at the Centre National de la RechercheScientifique, Paris. His previous books include Redemption and Utopia: Liberation Judaism in Central Europe, Marxism in Latin America and The War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.10.2016
Übersetzer	Chris Turner
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 203 mm
Gewicht	214 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	1-78478-641-1 / 1784786411
ISBN-13	978-1-78478-641-0 / 9781784786410
Zustand	Neuware