20th Century German Philosophy, Literary Theory - Major Critics

Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy

Name: Wild, Unforgettable Philosophy
Author: Monad Rrenban
ISBN: 9780739108451

by Monad Rrenban

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Overview

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. Both the form-free from duplicitous, authoritarian, and "rational" meaning-and practice of philosophy enable the production of philosophy not only by so-called philosophers but also, conceivably, by everything-including art, poetry, and literature. In life and death, Walter Benjamin has had the status of exile from departmental philosophy. Thanks in part to Benjamin's exile from the discipline, Monad Rrenban is able to elicit the wild force of the form-philosophy-from Benjamin's early work. Distinct in its analysis and depth, 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.

Synopsis

Through reading the early work of Walter Benjamin—up to and including the Trauerspiel, author Monad Rrenban elicits a cohesive conception of the wild, inforgettable form, philosophy, as inherent in everything. This book, distinct in its analysis and depth of analysis, 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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Rainer Nägele

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.