Description: Assembled here for the first time in English translation Sigrid Weigel offers illuminating new insights into Benjamin's theory, combining impulses from post-structuralism, feminism, cultural anthropology and psychoanalysis.
Review Quotes: "With its stunningly novel reading of the fabled angel of history, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Benjamin's "Aktualitaet today. Lucidly argues and luminously presented, it explores Benjamin's thinking and writing-in-images in a widening range of concentric circles ... A major contribution to historical scholarship and contemporary critical debates."
-Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University