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Frontiers of Theory

2 total works

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Of Jews and Animals

by Andrew Benjamin

Published 1 January 2010
By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. As Benjamin makes clear the 'Other' is never abstract. He underscores the means by which the ethical imperative, arising from the way the history of philosophy and the history of art are constructed, shows us how to respond to an already identified, even if unacknowledged, determinant other.

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Working with Walter Benjamin

by Andrew Benjamin

Published 30 November 2013

This book develops the idea of `working with' Benjamin, seeking both to read his corpus and to put it to work - to show how a reading of Benjamin can open up issues that may not themselves be immediately obvious in his texts. Working with Walter Benjamin engages with the themes central to Benjamin's work with deftness, daring and critical insight while at the same time situating those themes within current academic and cultural debates. What is at stake is not simply where Benjamin's thought can be applied; what counts is how useful it is.