In his book, Wolfram Eilenberger has provided an absorbing view of a period in Western intellectual history that was committed to the new.
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Fuse Book Review: “Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life” — Intimations of a Seminal Thinker’s Aura
The authors have used their research well. Beyond applying an abundance of detail to trace his intellectual growth as well as the trajectory of his emotions, Eiland and Jennings have managed to intimate—though perhaps not to capture—something more elusive: a sense of Benjamin’s aura.
Culture Vulture: The MET at the Mall
Reviewed By Helen Epstein An hour and a half before curtain, operagoers are lining up at the AMC 10 cineplex in Burlington, Massachusetts across the road from the mall. Forty-five minutes later, the only available seats in Theater 3 are in the first two neck-craning rows. It’s 12:15 p.m., a sunny Saturday in February when […]