Can I read Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language (Cultural Memory in the Present) on EtoBox?

Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Ilit Ferber is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language (Cultural Memory in the Present) about?

This book traces the concept of melancholy in Walter Benjamin's early writings. Rather than focusing on the overtly melancholic subject matter of Benjamin's work or the unhappy circumstances of his own fate, Ferber considers the concept's implications for his philosophy. Informed by Heidegger's discussion of moods and their importance for philosophical thought, she contends that a melancholic mood is the organizing principle or structure of Benjamin's early metaphysics and ontology. Her novel analysis of Benjamin's arguments about theater and language features a discussion of the Trauerspiel book that is amongst the first in English to scrutinize the baroque plays themselves. Philosophy and Melancholy also contributes to the history of philosophy by establishing a strong relationship between Benjamin and other philosophers, including Leibniz, Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger.

Who reads Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language (Cultural Memory in the Present)?

Author

Ilit Ferber

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804786645

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Humanities