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Postsecular Benjamin : agency and tradition

Title
Postsecular Benjamin : agency and tradition / Brian Britt.
Author
Britt, Brian M., 1964-
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.

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Description
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Benjamin's Baroque and the culture wars -- Secularism between Scholem and Benjamin -- Madness and the scandal of tradition -- Hybrid identities : Benjamin, Auerbach, and Orientalism -- Violence and Biblical tradition -- Critical vision, from simulacra to creaturely agency -- Identity and survival in German men and women (Deutsche Menschen) -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 16-7644
ISBN
  • 9780810133198
  • 0810133199
  • 9780810133204
  • 0810133202
LCCN
2015049030
OCLC
922729042
Author
Britt, Brian M., 1964- author.
Title
Postsecular Benjamin : agency and tradition / Brian Britt.
Publisher
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7644
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