{"product_id":"walter-benjamin-the-pearl-diver-9780300216868","title":"Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Benjamin (1892-1940) is widely considered one of the most creative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Esteemed for his literary acumen and capacious imagination, he developed a unique style of criticism--his friend Hannah Arendt called it pearl-diving--that sought out fragments of redemption in the ruins of bourgeois civilization.\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Peter E. Gordon tells Benjamin's story in a vivid and poetic style, inviting the reader to look beyond the image of Benjamin as a tragic figure of German-Jewish history and portraying him as a complex personality of unique and multifaceted gifts. Tracing Benjamin's life from his Berlin childhood to his Parisian exile, through the romanticism of the youth movements and the conflicts over modernism and Marxism, Gordon brings Benjamin to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter E. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300216868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter E. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e teaches social theory and philosophy at Harvard University. His books include \u003ci\u003eMigrants in the Profane: Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge, MA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Peter E. Gordon \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699076120733,"sku":"9780300216868","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5931ff6e-8c72-426f-bd89-d2bf85a42c7a.jpg?v=1772697732","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/walter-benjamin-the-pearl-diver-9780300216868","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}