Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) was a German philosopher and cultural critic and one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century. Esther Leslie is professor of political aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant Garde; Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry; and Walter Benjamin, the latter two also published by Reaktion Books.
4 Ebooks bởi Leslie Esther Leslie
Kennan Ferguson & Patrice Petro: After Capitalism
From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergenc …
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Benjamin Walter Benjamin: On Photography
Walter Benjamin’s 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as …
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€32.11
Leslie Esther Leslie: Liquid Crystals
While it is responsible for today’s abundance of flat screens-on televisions, computers, and mobile devices-most of us have only heard of it in the ubiquitous acronym, LCD, with little thought as to …
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Leslie Esther Leslie: Synthetic Worlds
This revealing study considers the remarkable alliance between chemistry and art from the late eighteenth century to the period immediately following the Second World War. Synthetic Worlds offers fas …
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