{"product_id":"more-than-life-stphane-symons-9780810135772","title":"More Than Life: Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin on Art","description":"\u003ci\u003eMore Than Life: Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin on Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to trace the philosophical relation between Georg Simmel and his one-time student Walter Benjamin, two of the most influential German thinkers of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reading Simmel's work, particularly his essays on Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Rodin, alongside Benjamin's concept of \u003ci\u003eUnscheinbarkeit \u003c\/i\u003e(inconspicuousness) and his writings on Charlie Chaplin, \u003ci\u003eMore Than Life\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that both Simmel and Benjamin conceive of art as the creation of something entirely new rather than as a mimetic reproduction of a given. The two thinkers diverge in that Simmel emphasizes the presence of a continuous movement of life, whereas Benjamin highlights the priority of discontinuous, interruptive moments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the aim of further elucidating Simmel and Benjamin's ideas on art, St phane Symons presents a number of in-depth analyses of specific artworks that were not discussed by these authors. Through an insightful examination of both the conceptual affinities and the philosophical differences between Simmel and Benjamin, Symons reconstructs a crucial episode in twentieth-century debates on art and aesthetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e St駱hane Symons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810135779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810135772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"St駱hane Symons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652111692031,"sku":"9780810135772","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f0ce814-821c-46cc-a3ce-78013d44df8c.jpg?v=1704214623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-than-life-stphane-symons-9780810135772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}