In this Book
- Postsecular Benjamin: Agency and Tradition
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
summary
In readings of Walter Benjamin's work, religion often marks a boundary between scholarly camps, but it rarely receives close and sustained scrutiny. Benjamin's most influential writings pertain to modern art and culture, but he frequently used religious language while rejecting both secularism and religious revival. Benjamin was, in today's terms, postsecular. Postsecular Benjamin explicates Benjamin's engagements with religious traditions as resources for contemporary debates on secularism, conflict, and identity. Brian Britt argues that what animates this work on tradition is the question of human agency, which he pursues through lively and sustained experimentation with ways of thinking, reading, and writing.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 3-16
- Chapter 5. Violence and Biblical Tradition
- pp. 107-128
- Conclusion
- pp. 175-178
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810133211
Related ISBN(s)
9780810133198, 9780810133204
MARC Record
OCLC
946693975
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2016-04-23
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016