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Postsecular Benjamin [electronic resource] :agency and tradition / Brian Britt.

By: Britt, Brian M, 1964- [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780810133211; 0810133210.Subject(s): Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Religion | Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 | Postsecularism | Philosophy, Modern | Philosophy and religionGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 093 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
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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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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