Radio Benjamin

Walter Benjamin, Lecia Rosenthal, Jonathan Lutes , Lisa Harries Schumann

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Verso
01 March 2022

Radio; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Social & political philosophy; Marxism & Communism

Walter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays. From 1927 to ’33, he wrote and presented around eighty broadcasts using the new medium of radio. Radio Benjamin gathers the surviving transcripts. This eclectic collection demonstrates the range of Benjamin’s thinking and his enthusiasm for popular sensibilities. His celebrated Enlightenment for Children youth programmes, his plays, readings, book reviews, and fiction reveal Benjamin in a creative, rather than critical, mode. They flesh out ideas elucidated in his essays, some of which are also represented here, where they cover topics as varied as getting a raise and the history of natural disasters, subjects chosen for broad appeal and examined with passion and acuity. Delightful and incisive, this is Walter Benjamin channelling his sophisticated thinking to a wide audience, allowing us to benefit from a new voice for one of the twentieth century’s most respected thinkers.

By: Walter Benjamin
Edited by: Lecia Rosenthal
Translated by: Jonathan Lutes, Lisa Harries Schumann, Diana Reese
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9781839764165
ISBN 10: 1839764163
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is the author of Illuminations, The Arcades Project, and The Origin of German Tragic Drama.

Reviews for Radio Benjamin

Everything which fell under the scrutiny of his words was transformed, as though it had become radioactive. --Theodor Adorno A complex and brilliant writer. --J.M. Coetzee Walter Benjamin was one of the unclassifiable ones ... whose work neither fits the existing order nor introduces a new genre. --Hannah Arendt Benjamin buckled himself to the task of revolutionary transformation ... his life and work speak challengingly to us all. --Terry Eagleton There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time. --George Steiner