Fragmentos de la modernidad

Synopsis of Fragmentos de la modernidad

This book by David Frisby explores theories of modernity through the work of Simmel, Kracauer, and Benjamin. It analyzes the approaches these three authors took to the study of modernity, examining the methodological problem posed by any study of modernity. It highlights the relationship of the fundamental analysis of modernity in the writings of these authors, intimately related to various methodological assumptions, oriented towards the transient, the fugitive, and the contingent, as characterized by Baudelaire.