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Fire Alarm by Michael Lowy, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Fire Alarm by Michael Lowy, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
From Michael Lowy
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From Michael Lowy
Fire Alarm by Michael Lowy, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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This illuminating study of Benjamin’s final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopherRevolutionary critic of the philosophy of progress, nostalgic of the past yet dreaming of the future, romantic partisan of materialism—Walter Benjamin is in every sense of the word an “unclassifiable" philosopher. His essay “On the Concept of History" was written in a state of urgency, as he attempted to escape the Gestapo in 1940, before finally committing suicide. In this scrupulous, clear and fascinating examination of this essay, Michael Löwy argues that it remains one of the most important philosophical and political writings of the twentieth century. Looking in detail at Benjamin’s celebrated but often mysterious text, and restoring the philosophical, theological and political context, Löwy highlights the complex relationship between redemption and revolution in Benjamin’s philosophy of history. | Fire Alarm by Michael Lowy, Paperback | Indigo Chapters