More than life : Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin on art / Stéphane Symons
- Author:
- Symons, Stéphane (Philosopher)
- Published:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 223 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- Introduction. Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin: "The incapability of any actual pause" -- Georg Simmel -- Michelangelo: life and the fate of mankind -- Rembrandt: re-producing the soulful life of the sitter as a portrait -- Auguste Rodin: reexperiencing one's deepest life in the sphere of art -- Walter Benjamin -- Introduction. Walter Benjamin and Georg Simmel: "A duel that is the creative process itself" -- Unscheinbarkeit: "Depersonalization set in an incomparably productive context" -- Charlie Chaplin: "Man would not be the noblest on earth if he were not too noble for it" -- Concluding remarks: "Always lagging half a step behind".
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780810135789 hardcover alkaline paper, 0810135787 hardcover alkaline paper, 9780810135772 paperback alkaline paper, and 0810135779 paperback alkaline paper
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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