One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Great Ideas the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas)

Arts & Photography

BENJAMIN, WALTER

History & Criticism

Penguin Uk

Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including 'One-Way Street', his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; 'Unpacking My Library', a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional 'Hashish in Marseille'; and 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', his seminal essay on how technology changes the way we appreciate art. Also including writings on subjects ranging from Proust to Kafka, violence to surrealism, this is the essential volume on one of the most prescient critical voices of the modern age. Contains: 'Unpacking My Library'; 'One-Way Street'; 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'; 'Brief History of Photography'; 'Hashish in Marseille'; 'On the Critique of Violence'; 'The Job of the Translator'; 'Surrealism'; 'Franz Kafka' and 'Picturing Proust'.

Modern Classics One-way Street and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Penguin Classic

The literary-philosophical works of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) rank among the most quietly influential of the post-war era, though only since his death has Benjamin achieved the fame and critical currency outside his native Germany accorded him by a select few during his lifetime. Now he is widely held to have possessed one of the most acute and original minds of the Central European culture decimated by the Nazis. Illuminations contains his two most celebrated essays, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as others on the art of translation, Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, Proust and an anatomy of his own obsession, book collecting. The essay is Benjamin's domain; those collected in this now legendary volume offer the best possible access to his singular and significant achievement. In a stimulating introduction, Hannah Arendt reveals how Benjamin's life and work are a prism to his times, and identifies him as possessing the rare ability to think poetically.

Illuminations.

Harcourt

Travel writings, essays on Brecht, philosophical texts, the autobiographical Berlin Chronicle, and other pieces attest to the noted German-Jewish writer's stature and insights as a critic

Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Research: Some Ground Rules (Oxford Science Publications)

This practical handbook provides essential information and advice for students and postgraduates about to embark on biomedical research. It introduces the basic principles and outlines the organizational techniques and skills required to design, implement and complete a research project. Advice is given on interview techniques, assessing a research department, ethical and safety considerations. Other topics covered include searching the literature, experimental design, statistical analysis, the use of computers, the preparation of visual aids and other presentation techniques, and preparing articles and theses for publication.

Science & Math

Lumley, J. S. P.

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

This book provides an introduction to the basic principles of biomedical research, outlining the organizational techniques and practical skills required to design, implement, and complete a research project. The authors offer advice on interview technique, how to assess a research department and the research programme it offers, and the expectations of the student, supervisor, and co-workers.The various stages of a research project are examined, with advice on ethical and safety considerations, searching the literature, experimental design, statistical analysis, and the use of computers. The technical skills required to deliver posters and papers to fellow scientists and to prepare appropriate slides and visual aids are presented, together with the skills required to prepare and review grant applications, articles, and theses for publication.

Business & Money

Economics

A selection of the literary and philosophical essays written by Walter Benjamin accompanied by an introduction by Hannah Arendt.

Illuminations

ARENDT, HANNAH

ZOHN, Harry

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940

Called “the most important critic of his time” by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years, as his work has assumed a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A “natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of the most captivating facets of his nature,” writes Gershom Scholem in his Foreword to this volume; and Benjamin's correspondence reveals the evolution of some of his most powerful ideas, while also offering an intimate picture of Benjamin himself and the times in which he lived.Writing at length to Scholem and Theodor Adorno, and exchanging letters with Rainer Maria Rilke, Hannah Arendt, Max Brod, and Bertolt Brecht, Benjamin elaborates on his ideas about metaphor and language. He reflects on literary figures from Kafka to Karl Kraus, and expounds his personal attitudes toward such subjects as Marxism and French national character. Providing an indispensable tool for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin’s work, The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910–1940 is a revelatory look at the man behind much of the twentieth century’s most significant criticism.

Historical

University of Chicago Press

Professionals & Academics

Walter Benjamin discusses whether art is diminished by the modern culture of mass replication, arriving at the conclusion that the aura or soul of an artwork is indeed removed by duplication. In an essay critical of modern fashion and manufacture, Benjamin decries how new technology affects art. The notion of fine arts is threatened by an absence of scarcity; an affair which diminishes the authenticity and essence of the artist's work. Though the process of art replication dates to classical antiquity, only the modern era allows for a mass quantity of prints or mass production. Given that the unique aura of an artist's work, and the reaction it provokes in those who see it, is diminished, Benjamin posits that artwork is much more political in significance. The style of modern propaganda, of the use of art for the purpose of generating raw emotion or arousing belief, is likely to become more prevalent versus the old-fashioned production of simpler beauty or meaning in a cultural or religious context.

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: An Influential Essay of Cultural Criticism; the History and Theory of Art (Hardcover)

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Great Ideas the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas)

Modern Classics One-way Street and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)

Illuminations.

Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings

Research: Some Ground Rules (Oxford Science Publications)

Research: Some Ground Rules (Oxford Science Publications)

Illuminations

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: An Influential Essay of Cultural Criticism; the History and Theory of Art (Hardcover)