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The Past's Threshold – Essays on Photography
Siegfried Kracauer
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Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. This book brings together Kracauer's essays on photography that he wrote between 1927 and 1933 as a journalist for the Frankfurter Zeitung, as well as an essay that appeared in the Magazine of Art after the eminent emigre's exile to America. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Siegfried Kracauer was one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, and his influence is felt in the work of many of the period's preeminent thinkers, including Theodor W. Adorno, who once claimed he owed more to Kracauer than any other intellectual. The Past's Threshold brings together for the first time Kracauer's essays on photography that he wrote between 1927 and 1933 as a journalist for the Frankfurter Zeitung, as well as an essay that appeared in the Magazine of Art after the eminent emigre's exile to America. The essays show Kracauer as a pioneering theorist ... Read more
Siegfried Kracauer was one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, and his influence is felt in the work of many of the period's preeminent thinkers, including Theodor W. Adorno, who once claimed he owed more to Kracauer than any other intellectual. The Past's Threshold brings together for the first time Kracauer's essays on photography that he wrote between 1927 and 1933 as a journalist for the Frankfurter Zeitung, as well as an essay that appeared in the Magazine of Art after the eminent emigre's exile to America. The essays show Kracauer as a pioneering theorist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Zurich, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037346914
SKU
V9783037346914
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About Siegfried Kracauer
Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) was a sociologist, journalist, and film theorist. Philippe Despoix is professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Montreal. Maria Zinfert is a freelance writer and translator.
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