Walter Benjamin: Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism
From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theorist.
Paperback, 187 pages
ISBN: 9781844673506
June 2009
$12.95 / £6.99
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Part of the Radical Thinkers series
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