Walter Benjamin, Religion and Aesthetics
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Walter Benjamin, Religion and Aesthetics by S Brent Plate
Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics is an innovative and creative attempt to unsettle and reconceive the key concepts of religious studies through a reading with, and against, Walter Benjamin. Constructing what he calls an "allegorical aesthetics," Plate sifts through Benjamin's writings showing how his concepts of art, allegory, and experience undo traditionally stabilizing religious concepts such as myth, symbol, memory, narrative, creation, and redemption.S. Brent Plate is Assistant Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University has published widely on religion and visual culture, film, and aesthetics. His edited collections include the forthcoming Religion and WorldCinema: Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making (2003) and Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-CulturalReader (2002).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415969925 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415969921 |
| Title | Walter Benjamin, Religion and Aesthetics |
| Author | S Brent Plate |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-12-12 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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