![]() ![]() ![]() However insistently the idea of catastrophe hangs over Benjamin's writings in the final years of his life, the "victories wrested" in this period nonetheless constitute some of the most remarkable twentieth-century analyses of the emergence of modern society. Not long afterward, he himself would fall prey to those powers, a victim of suicide following a failed attempt to flee the Nazis. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 4, 1938-1940 by Walter Benjamin "Every line we succeed in publishing today.is a victory wrested from the powers of darkness." So wrote Walter Benjamin in January 1940. The effect is nothing less than electric. Those already familiar with his work will be grateful to be reminded, once again, of the wisdom of his maxim, "all the decisive blows are struck left-handed.". Item: 385545864209 Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 4, 1938-1940 by Walter Benjamin (Engl. ![]()
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