The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project by Susan Buck-

Description: The Dialectics of Seeing by Susan Buck-Morss Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Walter Benjamins magnum opus was a book he did not live to write. "In The Dialectics of Seeing", Susan Buck_Morss offers a reconstruction of the "Passagen- Werk", or "Arcades Project" as it might have taken form. Publisher Description Walter Benjamins magnum opus was a book he did not live to write. In The Dialectics of Seeing, Susan Buck-Morss offers an inventive reconstruction of the Passagen Werk, or Arcades Project, as it might have taken form. Working with Benjamins vast files of citations and commentary which contain a myriad of historical details from the dawn of consumer culture, Buck-Morss makes visible the conceptual structure that gives these fragments philosophical coherence. She uses images throughout the book to demonstrate that Benjamin took the debris of mass culture seriously as the source of philosophical truth. The Paris Arcades that so fascinated Benjamin (as they did the Surrealists whose "materialist metaphysics" he admired) were the prototype, the 19th century "ur-form" of the modern shopping mall. Benjamins dialectics of seeing demonstrate how to read these consumer dream houses and so many other material objects of the time-from air balloons to womens fashions, from Baudelaires poetry to Grandvilles cartoons-as anticipations of social utopia and, simultaneously, as clues for a radical political critique. Buck-Morss plots Benjamins intellectual orientation on axes running east and west, north and south-Moscow Paris, Berlin-Naples-and shows how such thinking in coordinates can explain his understanding of "dialectics at a standstill." She argues for the continuing relevance of Benjamins insights but then allows a set of "afterimages" to have the last word. Author Biography Susan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory, Department of Government, and Professor of Visual Culture, Department of Art History, Cornell University. Details ISBN 0262521644 ISBN-13 9780262521642 Title The Dialectics of Seeing Author Susan Buck-Morss Format Paperback Year 1991 Pages 512 Edition New edition Publisher MIT Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:675086; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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