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THE ABILITY TO NOT-SHINE the word “unscheinbar” in the writings of walter benjamin

THE ABILITY TO NOT-SHINE the word “unscheinbar” in the writings of walter benjamin AbstractThis article renders a close reading of those passages in Walter Benjamin's work where he uses the term “unscheinbar.” Arguing that this concept cannot be reduced to its privative prefix “un-,” the article explores how moments in time, objects or images that are not meaningful in themselves can nevertheless trigger an experience that is to be called such. The article analyzes Benjamin's ideas on friendliness, commemoration, melancholy, mémoire involontaire and photography with the purpose of understanding how a detail or fragment strikes us as significant, despite the fact that it cannot become visible as a unity or whole in its own right. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

THE ABILITY TO NOT-SHINE the word “unscheinbar” in the writings of walter benjamin

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THE ABILITY TO NOT-SHINE the word “unscheinbar” in the writings of walter benjamin

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AbstractThis article renders a close reading of those passages in Walter Benjamin's work where he uses the term “unscheinbar.” Arguing that this concept cannot be reduced to its privative prefix “un-,” the article explores how moments in time, objects or images that are not meaningful in themselves can nevertheless trigger an experience that is to be called such. The article analyzes Benjamin's ideas on friendliness, commemoration, melancholy, mémoire...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis
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1469-2899
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0969-725X
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10.1080/0969725X.2013.869026
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Abstract

AbstractThis article renders a close reading of those passages in Walter Benjamin's work where he uses the term “unscheinbar.” Arguing that this concept cannot be reduced to its privative prefix “un-,” the article explores how moments in time, objects or images that are not meaningful in themselves can nevertheless trigger an experience that is to be called such. The article analyzes Benjamin's ideas on friendliness, commemoration, melancholy, mémoire involontaire and photography with the purpose of understanding how a detail or fragment strikes us as significant, despite the fact that it cannot become visible as a unity or whole in its own right.

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Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 2013

Keywords:  Walter Benjamin; commemoration; friendliness; melancholy; photography; involuntary memory

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