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The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must ...Show synopsisThe correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the twentieth century. Benjamin and Adorno formed a uniquely powerful pair. Benjamin, riddle-like in his personality and given to tactical evasion, and Adorno, full of his own importance, alternately support and compete with each other throughout the correspondence, until its imminent tragic end becomes apparent to both writers. Each had met his match, and happily, in the other. This book is the story of an elective affinity. Adorno was the only person who managed to sustain an intimate intellectual relationship with Benjamin for nearly twenty years. No one else, not even Gershom Scholem, coaxed so much out of Benjamin. The more than one hundred letters in this book will allow readers to trace the developing character of Benjamin's and Adorno's attitudes toward each other and toward their many friends. When this book appeared in German, it caused a sensation because it includes passages previously excised from other German editions of the letters--passages in which the two friends celebrate their own intimacy with frank remarks about other people. Ideas presented elliptically in the theoretical writings are set forth here with much greater clarity. Not least, the letters provide material crucial for understanding the genesis of Benjamin's "Arcades Project."Hide synopsis
Description:Dust Jacket Included. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine...Dust Jacket Included. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine dustjacket. Some very light shelfwear to jacket. Overall a very handsome copy. Translation by Nicholas Walker. 383 pp.
Description:Very Good. 0674154274 Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in...Very Good. 0674154274 Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a tiny closed tear at top edge of spine.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust...Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws, clean, unmarked, sturdy.; 383pp., viiipp. preliminaries., edited by henri lonitz. translated by nicholas walker.; two brilliant individuals communicating against the backdrop of incipient european/world cataclysm.
Description:A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The more than 100 letters in...A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The more than 100 letters in this unexpurgated collection of the correspondence between two of the most engaging philosophers in the Twentieth Century. This book is the story of an affinity between two minds, whereby Adorno was the only person who managed tosustain an intimate relationship with Benjamin for more than twenty years. Catalog Espresso.
