{"product_id":"radio-benjamin","title":"Radio Benjamin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays. From 1927 to '33, he wrote and presented something in the region of eighty broadcasts using the new medium of radio. Radio Benjamin gathers the surviving transcripts, which appear here for the first time in English.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis eclectic collection demonstrates the range of Benjamin's thinking and his enthusiasm for popular sensibilities. His celebrated \"Enlightenment for Children\" youth programs, his plays, readings, book reviews, and fiction reveal Benjamin in a creative, rather than critical, mode. They flesh out ideas elucidated in his essays, some of which are also represented here, where they cover topics as varied as getting a raise and the history of natural disasters, subjects chosen for broad appeal and examined with passion and acuity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelightful and incisive, this is Walter Benjamin channeling his sophisticated thinking to a wide audience, allowing us to benefit from a new voice for one of the twentieth century's most respected thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: in UK in 2021\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Verso Books\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 432\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781839764165\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1839764163\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walter Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39584924860519,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/image_974cdb4c-5209-4e7c-a449-3df337caf26e.jpg?v=1640867660","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/radio-benjamin","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}