“I fully realize that my discussion of the mental climate of collecting will confirm many of you in your conviction that this passion is behind the times, in your distrust of the collector type. Nothing is further from my mind than to shake either your Zobraziť viac
One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly... Zobraziť viac
Classic collection of Walter Benjamin's essay, including some of his most celebrated essays Zobraziť viac
An extraordinary document in the history of photographic criticism.Perhaps more than any other text, A Little History of Photography by the German-Jewish thinker Walter Benjamin has shaped the way in which we understand early photography and... Zobraziť viac
Benjamin’s famous “Work of Art“ essay sets out his boldest thoughts—on media and on culture in general. This book contains the second, and most daring, of the four versions of the “Work of Art“ essay—the one that addresses the utopian developments of... Zobraziť viac
90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books ‘Every sort of passion verges on chaos, I know, but what the collecting passion verges on is a chaos of memories.’ From intimate musings on his book collection, to a dream-like trip through the ... Zobraziť viac
