{"product_id":"walter-benjamin-bernd-witte-9780814320181","title":"Walter Benjamin: An Intellectual Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis book provides readers with the opportunity to survey the facts surrounding Benjamin's life and assess the interpretations of his texts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin (1892-1940) was the quintessential European intellectual between the two world wars. Historian, philosopher, literary critic, student of language and culture, and journalist, the independent scholar was forever trying to define himself and his time as products of a tradition in crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a very real sense, Benjamin's life and work were one--a chronicle of the modern European intellectual and mirror of an era. Bernd Witte's interpretive biography introduces Benjamin through critical thought and through topics and authors that ignited Benjamin's work. For the first time, English readers have the opportunity to survey the facts surrounding Benjamin's life and assess the interpretations of his texts. Witte's quest for Benjamin's own perspective yields a full chronology and sympathetic mastery of Benjamin's ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe German edition, titled Walter Benjamin: Einfiihrung in Leben und Werk, was published in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernd Witte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081432018X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814320181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Bernd Witte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860110864639,"sku":"9780814320181","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba3af500-8671-4c2b-8491-ea5bd6f1d09f.jpg?v=1709135423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walter-benjamin-bernd-witte-9780814320181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}