02275nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10747506 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 121011s2013 cau sb s001 0deng d 2012041616 9780804785198 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804785204 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804786645 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)859159745 B3209.B584 F465 2013eb 193 23 Ferber, Ilit. Philosophy and melancholy [electronic resource] : Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language / Ilit Ferber. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013. x, 241 p. Cultural memory in the present Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index. Benjamin and Freud : at the juncture of melancholy loss -- Commitment and loyalty to the lost object -- The intentionless nature of truth -- Work and play : a view of melancholic productivity -- The Trauerspiel : reflections on the baroque -- Expressions of pain in the Trauerspiel -- The bombastic nature of expression in the Trauerspiel -- Pain and spectacle : the figure of the martyr -- Death and meaning : the figure of the ghost -- Language and loss : Benjamin's concept of expression -- Creation and loss : "on language as such" -- Lament : language and sadness -- The ghosts of language : "the task of the translator" -- The "epistemo-critical prologue" -- The "monad" : Leibniz and Benjamin -- The monads' configuration as a hierarchy -- A pre-established harmony : Benjamin's conception of truth as harmony -- Stimmung : philosophy and mood. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940. Melancholy (Philosophy) Philosophy, German 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10747506 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 34965 34965