Britt, Brian M., 1964-

Postsecular Benjamin agency and tradition / [electronic resource] : Brian Britt. - Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Benjamin's Baroque and the culture wars -- Secularism between Scholem and Benjamin -- Madness and the scandal of tradition -- Hybrid identities : Benjamin, Auerbach, and Orientalism -- Violence and Biblical tradition -- Critical vision, from simulacra to creaturely agency -- Identity and survival in German men and women (Deutsche Menschen) -- Conclusion.

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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 --Religion.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.


Postsecularism.
Philosophy, Modern.
Philosophy and religion.


Electronic books.

B3209.B584 / B74 2016

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