[Benjamin, Walter] [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang IV, Heft 2 [Volume IV, Issue 2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1935. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

This Issue of the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science] includes the following Essays:

I. Henryk Grossmann – Die gesellschaftlichen Grundlagen der mechanistischen Philosophie und die Manufaktur
[Henryk Grossmann – The social foundations of mechanistic philosophy and the manufactory]

II. Harold D. Lasswell – Collective Autism as a Consequence of Culture Contact: Notes on Religious Training and the Peyote Cult at Taos (this essay is in english)

III. Walter Benjamin – Probleme der Sprachsoziologie
[Walter Benjamin – Problems of the sociology of language]

In this particular Issue, Walter Benjamin additionally reviews on page 282 Jacques Maritain’s work: “Du régime temporel et de la liberté [The Things That Are Not Caesar’s].

″Walter Benjamin’s Critique of Jacques Maritain: Living in Paris and writing his famous essays on mechanical reproduction and the philosophy of history, Benjamin fundamentally rejected Maritain’s approach. Benjamin viewed Maritain’s work as a deeply reactionary attempt by conservative Catholic authorities to “sacralize” modern art and politics, viewing him as a “charlatan” whose ideas were an ideological illusion” (Source: Taylor & Francis)

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• Language: Deutsch
• Inventory Number: 32532AB