The Complete Correspondence 1928 - 1940

Zusatztext

The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W.Adorno.* * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondencebetween Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English.* Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these twomajor intellectual figures.* Offers a compelling insight into the cultural politics of theperiod, at a time of social and political upheaval.* An invaluable resource for all students of the work of Adornoand especially of Benjamin, extensively annotated andcross-referenced.

Autorenportrait

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) and Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) were prominent members of the Frankfurt School, and among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century in the areas of social theory, philosophy, literary criticism and aesthetics.

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