ABSTRACT

Walter Benjamin has become a decisive reference point for a whole range of critical disciplines, as he constructed a unique and provocative synthesis of aesthetics, politics and philosophy.

Examining Benjamin’s contributions to cultural criticism in relation to the works of Max Ernst, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier and Sigfried Giedion, this book also situates Benjamin’s work within more recent developments in architecture and urbanism.

This is a concise, coherent account of the relevance of Walter Benjamin’s writings to architects, locating Benjamin’s critical work within the context of contemporary architecture and urbanism.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|24 pages

Metropolitanism and Method

chapter 2|25 pages

Radicalism and Revolution

chapter 3|25 pages

Modernism and Memory

chapter 4|24 pages

Utopianism and Utility

chapter 5|24 pages

Participation and Politics

chapter 6|5 pages

Benjamin’s Memorial