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Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno
Miriam Hansen
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Hardback. Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which technological media played a key role. This book explores their reflections on cinema and photography from the Weimar period up to the 1960s. Editor(s): Dimendberg, Edward. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which technological media played a key role. This book explores in depth their reflections on cinema and photography from the Weimar period up to the 1960s. Miriam Bratu Hansen brings to life an impressive archive of known and, in the case of Kracauer, less known materials and reveals surprising perspectives on canonic texts, including Benjamin's artwork essay. Her lucid analysis extrapolates from these writings the contours of a theory of cinema and experience that speaks ... Read more
Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which technological media played a key role. This book explores in depth their reflections on cinema and photography from the Weimar period up to the 1960s. Miriam Bratu Hansen brings to life an impressive archive of known and, in the case of Kracauer, less known materials and reveals surprising perspectives on canonic texts, including Benjamin's artwork essay. Her lucid analysis extrapolates from these writings the contours of a theory of cinema and experience that speaks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520265592
SKU
V9780520265592
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About Miriam Hansen
The late Miriam Bratu Hansen was Ferdinand Schevill Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago and the founding chair of what is now the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Her publications include Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film and numerous essays in international film history and film theory.
Reviews for Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno
"This magisterial book is a gift... There is no other study like it." Artforum [Hansen's] reader is amply rewarded by the rich suggestiveness and expansive quality of her insights... A crowning achievement." Bookforum "Cinema and Experience aptly fuses historiography and theory." Cineaste "A crowning achievement in its own right."
Noah Isenberg Bookforum "Cinema and Experience aptly fuses historiography and ... Read more
Noah Isenberg Bookforum "Cinema and Experience aptly fuses historiography and ... Read more