Walter Benjamin
Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism
By Terry Eagleton
This momentous study of Benjamin's critical practice marks a sea change in Eagleton's thought. Its goal is not merely to contemplate Benjamin's approach to language, history, and art but to chart a dynamic new course for contemporary socialist criticism. To do this, Eagleton brushes Benjamin's Trauerspiel against seventeenth-century British literature, tests his concept of the 'aura' against Freud and Lacan, and undertakes his most sustained engagement with Derrida and the political crossroads of deconstruction.
- ISBN:
- 9781804296165
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 208
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Imprint:
- Verso Books
- Weight:
- 300 g