The Politics of Imagination: Benjamin, Kracauer, Kluge (Paperback)

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Introduction 9
Chapter 1: Benjamin, Proust and the Rejuvenating Powers of Memory 21
Chapter 2: The Politics of Aura and Imagination in Benjamin's Writings on Hashish 43
Chapter 3: "Reproducibility - Distraction - Politicization" 65
Chapter 4: "Film as the Discoverer of the Marvels of Everyday Life": Kracauer and the Promise of Realist Cinema 89
Chapter 5: On the Task of a Realist Historiography in Kracauer's History: The Last Things Before the Last 107
Chapter 6: From History's Rubble: Kluge on Film, History, and Politics 127
Chapter 7: Raw Materials for the Imagination: Kluge's Work for Television 149
Conclusion 169
Bibliography 175
Other Works Cited 191
Acknowledgements 193