Walter Benjamin by Gershom Scholem
A concise intellectual portrait and personal memoir of a German-Jewish critic and cultural theorist, mixing close recollection with scholarly analysis to trace his intellectual development, major concepts (such as the notion of the 'aura' and the dialectical image), and the intertwining of political commitment, literary criticism and Jewish mysticism; it details his struggles with exile and depression and the tragic circumstances of his death, while evaluating his enduring influence on critical theory and modern thought.
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