Divine Violence looks at the question of political theology and its connection to sovereignty. It argues that the practice of sovereignty reflects a Christian eschatology, one that proves very hard to
The last decade has seen a new wave of interest in philosophical and theoretical circles in the writings of Walter Benjamin. In Body-and Image-Space Sigrid Weigel, one of Germany's leading feminist th
Divine Violence looks at the question of political theology and its connection to sovereignty. It argues that the practice of sovereignty reflects a Christian eschatology, one that proves very hard to
This collection of lively and insightful essays?including several translated into English for the first time?covers a wide range of topics and figures too often neglected by the dominant trends in Mar
Constellation is the first extended exploration of the relationship between Walter Benjamin, the Weimar-era revolutionary cultural critic, and the radical philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The affinity
Constellation is the first extended exploration of the relationship between Walter Benjamin, the Weimar-era revolutionary cultural critic, and the radical philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The affinity
Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Together they produced a dynamic body of ideas that has had a lasting impact o
Theories of the city have been fundamental to the development of modernism and postmodernism. This work focuses on the work of three leading city theorists - Benjamin, Lefebvre and de Certeau - whose
Theories of the city have been fundamental to the development of modernism and postmodernism, and are increasingly important in the fields of cultural studies and visual culture.Jenny Bavidge focuses
Impossible Modernism reads the writings of German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin (1892?1940) and Anglo-American poet and critic T. S. Eliot (1888?1965) to examine the relationship between lite
