Benjamin Walter (1892-1940)

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“To treat the past (better: what has been) in accordance with a method that is no longer historical but political. To make political categories into a theoretical categories, insofar as one dared to apply them only in the sense of praxis, because only to the present – that is the task.”

GS: Gesammelte Schriften. Unter Mitwirkung von Theodor W. Adorno und Gershom Scholem hrsg. von Rolf Tiedemann und Hermann Schweppenhäuser. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1972–1999.

KGA: Werke und Nachlaß. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Herausgegeben von Henri Lonitz und Christoph Gödde. 21 Bände (geplant), Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main/Berlin 2008-2017.

1910-1922

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1923-1927

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  • Einbahnstraße 1926, 1928

1928-1933

1934-1940

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Das Passagen-Werk 1927-1940

Letters


My works on Benjamin

Writings

  • Koivusalo, Markku: ”Pakolaisen kuolema: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940).” [The Death of the Refugee: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940).] In Timo Kaitaro & Markku Roinila (eds.), Filosofin kuolema. [The Death of the Philosopher.] Helsinki, Summa 2003, pp. 290-317. Koivusalo_2003_Pakolaisen_kuolema_Benjamin

Conferences, presentations, discussions

  • Walter Benjamin: Central Park Discussion. Goethe-Institut 11.12..2014.
  • Walter Benjamin Discussion. Research Association Open Doors- 2014
  • ”Väkivallan järjestys.” [The order of violence.] Laki ja järjestys seminaari. Helsingin yliopisto 13.6.2014

Lectures

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