by Walter Benjamin · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449301803
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In 'German Characters', Walter Benjamin is not limited to being an abstract thinker, but reveals himself as an authentic creator of literary forms, innovating in each work. This book presents a series of letters from German historical figures of the 18th and 19th centuries, originally conceived for the press, accompanied by comments from the author. Benjamin manages to recreate the atmosphere of the time, capturing the feeling of the writers, both the great and the lesser known. In addition, the book includes 'Chronicles of Berlin', an emotional reminiscence of Benjamin's childhood and adolescence, imbued with deep poetic emotion.
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist. An eclectic thinker who combined elements of German idealism, Jewish mysticism, Western Marxism, and post-Kantianism, he made contributions to the philosophy of history, metaphysics, historical materialism, criticism, and aesthetics, and had an oblique but overwhelmingly influential impact on the resurrection of the Kabbalah by virtue of his life-long epistolary relationship with Gershom Scholem.
