A companion volume to Illuminations , the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of var...
A companion volume to Illuminations , the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. He moves seamlessly from literary criticism to autobiography to philosophical-theological speculations, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest and most versatile writers of the twentieth century. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times.
In this way language may be seen as the highest level of mimetic behavior and the most complete archive of non sensuous similarity: a medium into which the earlier powers of mimetic production and comprehension have passed without residue, to the point where they have liquidated those of magic. (查看原文)
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1 有用 城市笔记人 2008-10-11 06:47:07
going through this book several times at different occasions, it is like a dark spot in a city, waiting to be lingered again and again
1 有用 XY Tang 2007-03-09 15:38:04
importance
1 有用 瓦礫 2007-02-01 17:00:30
班雅明文章集
0 有用 Bidasari 2023-10-20 00:36:39 美国
本雅明写的东西总让人怀疑他到底是会写作还是不会写作。
0 有用 KryseScalpel 2021-07-04 09:12:01
一切事物在他笔下都更澄澈，像破碎的三棱镜，吸大麻的最后一个浪漫派，回望风暴的现代天使……。本雅明死在欧洲的暗夜里，而世人甚至不记得一首哀歌。
0 有用 Bidasari 2023-10-20 00:36:39 美国
本雅明写的东西总让人怀疑他到底是会写作还是不会写作。
0 有用 树穆朗玛峰 2022-11-11 12:16:18 美国
“A revolution in the relations of art to technology”
0 有用 KryseScalpel 2021-07-04 09:12:01
一切事物在他笔下都更澄澈，像破碎的三棱镜，吸大麻的最后一个浪漫派，回望风暴的现代天使……。本雅明死在欧洲的暗夜里，而世人甚至不记得一首哀歌。
0 有用 Pelagiclayla 2021-06-03 22:18:37
稀饭
2 有用 陆沉 2017-02-14 21:22:43
本雅明是个独特的“收藏家”，他喜欢藏书，不只是为了阅读，而是为了在其中游荡。书，对他来说，是历史的沉积，或者说物质化，书使得历史变得可以触摸、可以把玩。他是这样看待人与书的关系的“不重功能与实用，不讲究有用，而是把书作为命运的场景、舞台来研究和欣赏。”对于一个收藏者，最大的诱惑就寓于最终的快感，即拥有者的快感之中，在于将一件件藏品锁入一个魔圈，永久珍藏。每个回忆，每个念头，每种感觉都成为他的财富的... 本雅明是个独特的“收藏家”，他喜欢藏书，不只是为了阅读，而是为了在其中游荡。书，对他来说，是历史的沉积，或者说物质化，书使得历史变得可以触摸、可以把玩。他是这样看待人与书的关系的“不重功能与实用，不讲究有用，而是把书作为命运的场景、舞台来研究和欣赏。”对于一个收藏者，最大的诱惑就寓于最终的快感，即拥有者的快感之中，在于将一件件藏品锁入一个魔圈，永久珍藏。每个回忆，每个念头，每种感觉都成为他的财富的基座，支架和锁钥。 (展开)