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Graeme Gilloch - Siegfried Kracauer - 9780745629629 - V9780745629629
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Siegfried Kracauer

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This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. It is part of a timely revival and reappraisal of his unique contribution to our critical understanding of modernity, the interrogation of mass culture, and the recognition of both the dynamism and diminution of human experience in the hustle and bustle of the contemporary metropolis. In stressing the extraordinary variety of Kracauer's writings (from scholarly philosophical treatises to journalistic fragments, from comic novels to classified reports) and the dazzling diversity ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Key Contemporary Thinkers
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745629629
SKU
V9780745629629
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About Graeme Gilloch
Graeme Gilloch is Reader in Sociology at the University of Lancaster

Reviews for Siegfried Kracauer
Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engaging portrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer's wide-ranging and imaginative work as theorist and critic of media and metropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully captures Kracauer's distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy and sharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its due to Kracauer as a major figure in ... Read more

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