Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism) Book

Margaret Cohen's encounter with Walter Benjamin, one of the twentieth century's most influential cultural and literary critics, has produced a radically new reading of surrealist thought and practice. Cohen analyzes the links between Breton's surrealist fusion of psychoanalysis and Marxism and Benjamin's post-Enlightenment challenge to Marxist theory. She argues that Breton's surrealist Marxism played a formative role in shaping postwar French intellectual life and is of continued relevance to the contemporary intellectual scene.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £28.50
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • 0520080238
  • 9780520080232
  • Margaret Cohen
  • 12 July 1993
  • University of California Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 271
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.