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Walter Benjamin's "Fate and Character": Introduction.

  • Published In: Diacritics, 2024, v. 52, n. 4. P. 4 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Aumiller, R.A.; Dolbear, Sam; Fleming, Paul; Vandeputte, Tom 3 of 3

Abstract

As editors, we decided to not fight the obscurity of "Fate and Character" but work with it, in its spirit. Thus, rather than solicit standard research essays, we invited a wide range of scholars from across the humanities to write short, essayistic pieces. The goal was to produce theory in a different register—free-wheeling, consciously essayistic, eagerly associative, and, yes, "digressive"—in which a cast of concepts and characters serves to guide the issue's organization, in the hope to deliver a set of readings that are at once legible, digestible, and surprising in their different styles and approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Diacritics. 2024/10, Vol. 52, Issue 4, p4
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0300-7162
  • DOI:10.1353/dia.2024.a979349
  • Accession Number:191148825
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