{"product_id":"bridging-benjamin-dominic-smith-9781517919641","title":"Bridging Benjamin: A Philosophy of Technology, Place, and Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin reimagined through the forgotten power of radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) has long been recognized for his influence on the fields of literature, film, media studies, critical legal theory, and philosophy. Bringing fresh attention to an often-overlooked aspect of his oeuvre, \u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dozens of radio broadcasts he produced, primarily for children, between 1927 and 1933. Delivered after the academic rejection of his notoriously complex \u003ci\u003eTrauerspiel, \u003c\/i\u003ethese shows became a testing ground for Benjamin's developing ideas and experimental pedagogy. Though they were cast off as inconsequential by both Benjamin and his contemporaries, Dominic Smith reveals the broadcasts to be a fruitful site for a novel, \"derailed\" interpretation of Benjamin's larger body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Benjamin's radio production as a dynamic site of philosophical experimentation, Smith uses it as a channel and amplifier for three integral but underappreciated aspects of Benjamin's work: his philosophies of technology, place, and education. Showing how he used broadcast media to explore the increasing \"virtualization\" of place in networked society, \u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e encourages an embrace of Benjamin in contrast to his divisive historical counterparts in the philosophy of technology, such as Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterpreting Benjamin's broadcasts as a form of peripatetic thinking--deeply embedded in place, yet mobile and mediated--\u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling model for reassessing attachments to the technologies and practices shaping our contemporary worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517919649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517919641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs","brand":"Dominic Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48487407452415,"sku":"9781517919641","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b07ff72b-b8ad-4304-b2da-4ea5953e27a9.jpg?v=1778060317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bridging-benjamin-dominic-smith-9781517919641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}