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Philosophy and melancholy : Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language / Ilit Ferber.
| Author/creator | Ferber, Ilit |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013] |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | x, 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cultural memory in the present Cultural memory in the present. ^A403800 |
| Contents | Benjamin and Freud : at the juncture of melancholy loss -- Commitment and loyalty to the lost object -- The intentionless nature of truth -- Work and play : a view of melancholic productivity -- The Trauerspiel : reflections on the baroque -- Expressions of pain in the Trauerspiel -- The bombastic nature of expression in the Trauerspiel -- Pain and spectacle : the figure of the martyr -- Death and meaning : the figure of the ghost -- Language and loss : Benjamin's concept of expression -- Creation and loss : "on language as such" -- Lament : language and sadness -- The ghosts of language : "the task of the translator" -- The "epistemo-critical prologue" -- The "monad" : Leibniz and Benjamin -- The monads' configuration as a hierarchy -- A pre-established harmony : Benjamin's conception of truth as harmony -- Stimmung : philosophy and mood. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012041616 |
| ISBN | 9780804785198 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804785198 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804785204 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804785201 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40022472189 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | B3209 .B584 F465 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |