The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project

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book work of critical theory

The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project is a major work of critical theory in which Susan Buck-Morss reconstructs and interprets Walter Benjamin’s unfinished Arcades Project to explore modernity, urban experience, and historical materialism.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
work of critical theory ⓘ
about Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ
aesthetics ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
commodity fetishism ⓘ
critical theory of modernity ⓘ
dialectical images ⓘ
dreamworlds of capitalism ⓘ
flâneur ⓘ
historical materialism ⓘ
historical method ⓘ
modern urban culture ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
nineteenth-century Paris ⓘ
urban experience ⓘ
academicDiscipline cultural studies ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
analyzes Walter Benjamin’s concept of modernity ⓘ
Walter Benjamin’s method of historical materialism ⓘ
author Susan Buck-Morss NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributesTo Benjamin scholarship ⓘ
critical theory of urban space ⓘ
studies of modernity ⓘ
examines Parisian arcades as sites of modern experience ⓘ
mass culture in the nineteenth century ⓘ
relationship between images and history ⓘ
focusesOn interpretation of The Arcades Project ⓘ
reconstruction of Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project ⓘ
genre critical theory ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasPerspective Marxist ⓘ
critical-theoretical ⓘ
historical materialist ⓘ
interprets Walter Benjamin’s notes and fragments ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject The Arcades Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor influential interpretation of Walter Benjamin’s theory of modernity ⓘ
systematic reconstruction of The Arcades Project ⓘ
relatedWork Illuminations NERFINISHED ⓘ
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The Arcades Project NERFINISHED ⓘ

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