258 Pages
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Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
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Routledge
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Walter Benjamin is today regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. Often captured in pensive pose, his image is now that of a serious intellectual. But Benjamin was also a fan of the comedies of Adolphe Menjou, Mickey Mouse, and Charlie Chaplin. As an antidote to repressive civilization, he developed, through these figures, a theory of laughter. Walter Benjamin and the... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1. Anthropological Materialism and the Aesthetics of Film, Chapter 2. Soviet Film: The Giant Laboratory of Technological Innervation, Chapter 3. Film and the Aesthetics of German Fascism, Chapter 4. Charlie Chaplin: The Return of the Allegorical Mode in Modernity, Chapter 5. Mickey Mouse: Utopian and Barbarian, Conclusion: Benjamin's Belated Aktualität, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Daniel Mourenza is an Assistant Professor at the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
