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Benjamin's -abilities: Samuel Weber; In this book, Weber, a leading theorist on literature and media, reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin’s thought by focusing the critical suffix “-ability” that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The result is an illuminating perspective on Benjamin’s thought by way of his language—and one of the most penetrating and comprehensive accounts of Benjamin’s work ever written.; Hardcover May 2008

The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media: Walter Benjamin; Edited by Michael W. Jennings; Edited by Brigid Doherty; Edited by Thomas Y. Levin; Benjamin’s famous “Work of Art” essay sets out his boldest thoughts—on media and on culture in general. This book contains the second, and most daring, of the four versions of the “Work of Art” essay—the one that addresses the utopian developments of the modern media. The collection tracks Benjamin’s observations on the media as they are revealed in essays on the production and reception of art; on film, radio, and photography; and on the modern transformations of literature and painting.; Paperback May 2008

Theodor W. Adorno: Detlev Claussen; Translated by Rodney Livingstone; This book gives us our first clear look at how the man and his moment met to create “critical theory.” An intimate picture of the quintessential twentieth-century transatlantic intellectual, the book is also a window on the cultural ferment of Adorno’s day—and its ongoing importance in our own.; Hardcover April 2008