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Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy

In Early Works of Walter Benjamin

Monad Rrenban

Through reading the early work of Walter Benjamin - up to and including the Trauerspiel book, Monad Rrenban brings forth a cohesive conception of the wild, unforgettable form, philosophy, as inherent in everything. Somewhat on the basis of existing philosophemes of Western metaphysics, Benjamin's well-known "esotericism" performs the transience of constraints of meaning. Both the form - free from duplicitous, authoritarian, and "rational" meaning - and the practice, of philosophy, enable production of the philosophical not only by so-called philosophers but also conceivably by everything - including art, poetry, and literature. In life and death, Walter Benjamin has and had the status of exile from departmental philosophy. Especially from Benjamin's early work, however, Monad Rrenban is able to elicit the force of the form, philosophy. Distinct in its analysis and depth of analysis, Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy in Early Works of Walter Benjamin elaborates the wild, unforgettable form - philosophy - in relation to language, the discipline and the practice of philosophy, criticism, and the politics of death.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 436 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-0845-1 • Hardback • December 2004 • $149.00 • (£115.00)
978-0-7391-1363-9 • Paperback • November 2005 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
Subjects: Art / Criticism & Theory, Literary Criticism / General, Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary Criticism / European / General, Literary Criticism / European / German, Literary Criticism / Jewish, Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory, Literary Criticism / Poetry, Philosophy / General, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Philosophy / Metaphysics, Philosophy / Political, Philosophy / Religious, Philosophy / Criticism, Philosophy / Movements / General
Chapter 1 Philosophy/Language
Chapter 2 Paradisal Play
Chapter 3 "Feminine"
Chapter 4 Round-Dance of Stray Feeling
Chapter 5 For Secret Not Doom: Human's Proper Name
Chapter 6 In God's Name
Chapter 7 Form of Infinite Giving Up
Chapter 8 Harmony of Some Old Words
Chapter 9 History and the Drama of Philosophy
Chapter 10 Doctrinal Form and its Esoteric Need
Chapter 11 Presentation and its Doctrinal Tone
Chapter 12 Prosaic Beauty
Chapter 13 Ru(i)ned
Chapter 14 Tremor-Identity: Genius of Time, Gift of Chaos
Chapter 15 Sobriety of Wild Reason
Chapter 16 Immanence
Chapter 17 Justice
Chapter 18 from another planet
Chapter 19 Honest Rhythm
Chapter 20 Philosophical Race of Ridiculed Exception
Chapter 21 Natural Ethics: Loyalty to Things
Chapter 22 In Name of Inorganic Community: Ethical Body
Chapter 23 Bequest: Unforgettable, Wild Solitude
Chapter 24 Death of Art and Philosophy
Chapter 25 Ir(r)enstraße
This study of Walter Benjamin is a truly extraordinary piece of scholarship. It is extraordinary in a number of respects: in the depth if its insight, the range of its coverage, the acuteness of its judgments, the thoroughness of its research, the dramatic intensity of its presentation....The results of his meticulous exposition are illuminating for Benjamin's work as a whole....In fact, I think it can be safely said that this is, by far, the best extended study of Walter Benjamin yet written in English.
— Rainer Nägele, Johns Hopkins University


Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy

In Early Works of Walter Benjamin

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • Through reading the early work of Walter Benjamin - up to and including the Trauerspiel book, Monad Rrenban brings forth a cohesive conception of the wild, unforgettable form, philosophy, as inherent in everything. Somewhat on the basis of existing philosophemes of Western metaphysics, Benjamin's well-known "esotericism" performs the transience of constraints of meaning. Both the form - free from duplicitous, authoritarian, and "rational" meaning - and the practice, of philosophy, enable production of the philosophical not only by so-called philosophers but also conceivably by everything - including art, poetry, and literature. In life and death, Walter Benjamin has and had the status of exile from departmental philosophy. Especially from Benjamin's early work, however, Monad Rrenban is able to elicit the force of the form, philosophy. Distinct in its analysis and depth of analysis, Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy in Early Works of Walter Benjamin elaborates the wild, unforgettable form - philosophy - in relation to language, the discipline and the practice of philosophy, criticism, and the politics of death.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 436 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-0-7391-0845-1 • Hardback • December 2004 • $149.00 • (£115.00)
    978-0-7391-1363-9 • Paperback • November 2005 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
    Subjects: Art / Criticism & Theory, Literary Criticism / General, Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary Criticism / European / General, Literary Criticism / European / German, Literary Criticism / Jewish, Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory, Literary Criticism / Poetry, Philosophy / General, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Philosophy / Metaphysics, Philosophy / Political, Philosophy / Religious, Philosophy / Criticism, Philosophy / Movements / General
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Philosophy/Language
    Chapter 2 Paradisal Play
    Chapter 3 "Feminine"
    Chapter 4 Round-Dance of Stray Feeling
    Chapter 5 For Secret Not Doom: Human's Proper Name
    Chapter 6 In God's Name
    Chapter 7 Form of Infinite Giving Up
    Chapter 8 Harmony of Some Old Words
    Chapter 9 History and the Drama of Philosophy
    Chapter 10 Doctrinal Form and its Esoteric Need
    Chapter 11 Presentation and its Doctrinal Tone
    Chapter 12 Prosaic Beauty
    Chapter 13 Ru(i)ned
    Chapter 14 Tremor-Identity: Genius of Time, Gift of Chaos
    Chapter 15 Sobriety of Wild Reason
    Chapter 16 Immanence
    Chapter 17 Justice
    Chapter 18 from another planet
    Chapter 19 Honest Rhythm
    Chapter 20 Philosophical Race of Ridiculed Exception
    Chapter 21 Natural Ethics: Loyalty to Things
    Chapter 22 In Name of Inorganic Community: Ethical Body
    Chapter 23 Bequest: Unforgettable, Wild Solitude
    Chapter 24 Death of Art and Philosophy
    Chapter 25 Ir(r)enstraße
Reviews
Reviews
  • This study of Walter Benjamin is a truly extraordinary piece of scholarship. It is extraordinary in a number of respects: in the depth if its insight, the range of its coverage, the acuteness of its judgments, the thoroughness of its research, the dramatic intensity of its presentation....The results of his meticulous exposition are illuminating for Benjamin's work as a whole....In fact, I think it can be safely said that this is, by far, the best extended study of Walter Benjamin yet written in English.
    — Rainer Nägele, Johns Hopkins University


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