{"product_id":"illuminations-essays-and-reflections-9781328470232","title":"Illuminations: Essays and Reflections","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA selection of works from one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century--as selected by Hannah Arendt and including a classic essay of her own about Walter Benjamin's life and philosophy.  \"There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time.\"--George Steiner\u003c\/strong\u003e   An icon of criticism, Walter Benjamin was renowned for his insights on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's epic theater. \u003cem\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/em\u003e includes two of Benjamin's best-known, deeply enlightening essays, \"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\" and \"Theses on the Philosophy of History,\" as well as Hannah Arendt's own essay about her subject's life as a German-born Jew during a dark era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328470232","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44147073450029,"sku":"9781328470232","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_aeb11c70-44b3-4d9c-be26-2728fc71c047.jpg?v=1757181702","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/illuminations-essays-and-reflections-9781328470232","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}