Walter Benjamin and the aesthetics of power /

Walter Benjamin and the aesthetics of power /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koepnick, Lutz P. (Lutz Peter)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska, 1999.
Series:Modern German culture and literature.
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Political and social views.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Aesthetics.
National socialism and art.
Fascism and art.
Mass society.
Popular culture.
Aesthetics, Modern > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Baroque drama and the quest for autonomous politics
  • Carnival, industrial culture, and the politics of authenticity
  • Aesthetic dictatorship
  • Medusian politics
  • Modern visual culture and the politics of phantasmagoria
  • Perseus's paradox
  • Fascist aesthetics revisited
  • Benjamin's actuality.