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The Manhattan project : a theory of a city /

In The Manhattan Project, David Kishik dares to imagine a Walter Benjamin who did not commit suicide in 1940, but managed instead to escape the Nazis to begin a long, solitary life in New York. During his anonymous, posthumous existence, while he was haunting and haunted by his new city, Benjamin co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kishik, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
Colección:Kishik, David. To imagine a form of life ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The Manhattan Project, David Kishik dares to imagine a Walter Benjamin who did not commit suicide in 1940, but managed instead to escape the Nazis to begin a long, solitary life in New York. During his anonymous, posthumous existence, while he was haunting and haunted by his new city, Benjamin composed a sequel to his Arcades Project. Just as his incomplete masterpiece revolved around Paris, capital of the nineteenth century, this spectral text was dedicated to New York, capital of the twentieth. Kishik's sui generis work of experimental scholarship or fictional philosophy is thus presented.
Notas:An imaginary sequel to Walter Benjamin's Arcades project.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804794367
0804794367