The Moment of Rupture Historical Consciousness in Interwar German Thought |
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| Author:
| Beck, Humberto |
| Series title: | Intellectual History of the Modern Age Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-5159-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $64.95 |
Book Description:
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The Moment of Rupture demonstrates how Ernst Jünger, Ernst Bloch, and Walter Benjamin fused the consciousness of war, crisis, catastrophe, and revolution with literary and philosophical formulations of the concept of the instant, tracing the formation of a distinct mode of experiencing time based on the notion of a discontinuous present.
The Moment of Rupture demonstrates how Ernst Jünger, Ernst Bloch, and Walter Benjamin fused the consciousness of war, crisis, catastrophe, and revolution with literary and philosophical formulations of the concept of the instant, tracing the formation of a distinct mode of experiencing time based on the notion of a discontinuous present.