Benjamin Discussion
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Readings in communication theory and social thought
Robbie McClintock and Frank Moretti, Instructors
- Office hours:
- McClintock (322 Thompson Hall): Wednesdays, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (Schedule slot with Neemisha Martin @ 212 678 3344 or nmartin@tc.edu)
- Moretti (603 Lewisohn Hall): By appointment (Schedule time with Teresa Gonzales @ 212 854 1692 or teresa@columbia.edu)
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
- For a brief bio, see Oxford Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Discussion reading
- Walter Benjamin. Illuminations. Hannah Arendt, ed. New York: Knopf, 1979. "Introduction" (Hannah Arendt), "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (1936), and Theses on the Philosophy of History" (1940); pp. 1-59 and 217-264. Electronic Reserve. $13.50.
Supplemental resources
- David S. Ferris, ed. Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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