This small book is a remarkably complete presentation of a philosophy that is very hard to present in a systematic way... It is doubtless one of the best introductions to the very subtle and 'dialectical' philosophy of Walter Benjamin." -- Michael Lowy, Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This work on Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), the Marxist cultural theorist, proceeds sytematically from the standpoint that Benjamin's thought was shaped by his attempt to connect extremes - to make the theological idea of salvation fruitful for political thought. Biographical material is included.








