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Walter Benjamin and Theology
Colby Dickinson
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Paperback. Benjamin's relationship to theological matters has been less observed than it should. Walter Benjamin and Theology brings together some of the world's most renowned experts to reassess the stake theology has in Benjamin's writings, aiming for nothing less than the beginning of a new phase in Anglophone Benjamin scholarship. Editor(s): Dickinson, Colby. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 492.
In the Arcades Project, Walter Benjamin writes that his work is related to theology as blotting pad is related to ink. It is saturated with it. For a thinker so decisive to critical literary, cultural, political, and aesthetic writings over the past half-century, Benjamin's relationship to theological matters has been less observed than it should, even despite a variety of attempts over the last four decades to illuminate the theological elements latent within his eclectic and occasional writings. Such attempts, though undeniably crucial to comprehending his thought, remain in need of deepened systematic analysis. In bringing together some ... Read more
In the Arcades Project, Walter Benjamin writes that his work is related to theology as blotting pad is related to ink. It is saturated with it. For a thinker so decisive to critical literary, cultural, political, and aesthetic writings over the past half-century, Benjamin's relationship to theological matters has been less observed than it should, even despite a variety of attempts over the last four decades to illuminate the theological elements latent within his eclectic and occasional writings. Such attempts, though undeniably crucial to comprehending his thought, remain in need of deepened systematic analysis. In bringing together some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823270187
SKU
V9780823270187
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About Colby Dickinson
Colby Dickinson is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. Stephane Symons is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Reviews for Walter Benjamin and Theology
Dickinson and Symonds's important book makes clear some of the ways that engagement with Benjamin might invigorate theology.
Modern Theology
This volume provides a worthwhile contribution to the ongoing conversation between Continental philosophy and theology, both for those interested in Benjamin's work itself and for the broader conversations of which it has become a part. ... Read more
Modern Theology
This volume provides a worthwhile contribution to the ongoing conversation between Continental philosophy and theology, both for those interested in Benjamin's work itself and for the broader conversations of which it has become a part. ... Read more