Philosophy and melancholy Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language - Ferber, Ilit.; ebrary, Inc. (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013)
Benjamin and Freud : at the juncture of melancholy loss -- Commitment and loyalty to the lost object -- The intentionless nature of truth -- Work and play : a view of melancholic productivity -- The Trauerspiel : reflections on the baroque -- Expressions of pain in the Trauerspiel -- The bombastic nature of expression in the Trauerspiel -- Pain and spectacle : the figure of the martyr -- Death and meaning : the figure of the ghost -- Language and loss : Benjamin's concept of expression -- Creation and loss : "on language as such" -- Lament : language and sadness -- The ghosts of language : "the task of the translator" -- The "epistemo-critical prologue" -- The "monad" : Leibniz and Benjamin -- The monads' configuration as a hierarchy -- A pre-established harmony : Benjamin's conception of truth as harmony -- Stimmung : philosophy and mood.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Benjamin, Walter, -- 1892-1940.; Melancholy (Philosophy); Philosophy, German -- 20th century; Electronic books