Author

Publication

2016-05-15 - Northwestern University Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100810133199
  • ISBN-139780810133198
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015049030
  • OCLC Control Number922729042
  • Better World Books9780810133198
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Classifications

  • LCCB3209.B584 B74 2016
  • LCCB3209.B584B74 2016

Description

In readings of Walter Benjamin's work, religion often marks a boundary between scholarly camps, but it rarely receives close and sustained scrutiny. Benjamin's most influential writings pertain to modern art and culture, but he frequently used religious language while rejecting both secularism and religious revival. Benjamin was, in today's terms, postsecular. Postsecular Benjamin explicates Benjamin's engagements with religious traditions as resources for contemporary debates on secularism, conflict, and identity. Brian Britt argues that what animates this work on tradition is the question of human agency, which he pursues through lively and sustained experimentation with ways of thinking, reading, and writing. --

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Other Editions

  • Postsecular Benjamin: Agency and TraditionPaperbackNorthwestern University Press2016-05-15

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