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Zusatztext "Masters of the philosophical miniature! Adorno! Benjamin! Bloch! and Kracauer were able to shine light through the smallest cracks in the facade of an increasingly opaque world. Building on their legacy! Gerhard Richter reveals himself to be no less adept at fashioning illuminating thought-images of his own. This collection of scintillating essays is a welcome addition to the ongoing and still lively reception of Frankfurt School ideas." Informationen zum Autor Gerhard Richter is Professor of German at the University ofCalifornia, Davis, where he also teaches in the Graduate Program inCritical Theory. Klappentext Gerhard Richter's book explores the aesthetic and political ramifications of the literary genre of the Denkbild! or thought-image! as it was employed by four major German-Jewish writers and philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century: Theodor W. Adorno! Walter Benjamin! Ernst Bloch! and Siegfried Kracauer. Zusammenfassung Gerhard Richter's book explores the aesthetic and political ramifications of the literary genre of the Denkbild, or thought-image, as it was employed by four major German-Jewish writers and philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century: Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, and Siegfried Kracauer.

"Masters of the philosophical miniature, Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, and Kracauer were able to shine light through the smallest cracks in the facade of an increasingly opaque world. Building on their legacy, Gerhard Richter reveals himself to be no less adept at fashioning illuminating thought-images of his own. This collection of scintillating essays is a welcome addition to the ongoing and still lively reception of Frankfurt School ideas."

Autorentext

Gerhard Richter is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis, where he also teaches in the Graduate Program in Critical Theory.

Gerhard Richter's book explores the aesthetic and political ramifications of the literary genre of the Denkbild, or thought-image, as it was employed by four major German-Jewish writers and philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century: Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, and Siegfried Kracauer.

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