One of this volume's pieces cites Kant's descriptions of gambling as "a vulgar appeal to experience." It includes an analysis of Russian culture's debt to Origen, as well as an assertion that Marx was
One of this volume's pieces cites Kant's descriptions of gambling as "a vulgar appeal to experience." It includes an analysis of Russian culture's debt to Origen, as well as an assertion that Marx was basically rewriting Eugene Sue, but the most peculiar piece ends with an appreciation of Spitzweg's painting The Bookworm and is titled "Unpacking My Library." While the editor's note apologizes for the exclusion of the piece entitled "Karl Kraus," this first translation of its author's works into English featured an introduction by Hannah Arendt that commented on his un-dialectical approach and reflected on his interest in the figure of the flaneur. Containing such essays as "Theses on the Philosophy of History" and "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," for 10 points, identify this most well known collection of essays by Walter Benjamin.
One of this volume's pieces cites Kant's descriptions of gambling as "a vulgar appeal to experience.
Illuminations [prompt on an answer like "Benjamin's Essays" or "Essays by Benjamin"]