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Baudelaire contra Benjamin : a critique of politicized aesthetics and cultural Marxism / Beibei Guan, Wayne Cristaudo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Politics, literature, and filmDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781498595087
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 841.8 GUA-B(TB)
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Political and artistic divides in Baudelaire -- The diabolical character of modern political redemption -- Benjamin's politicized aesthetics -- The God's eye view of the historical materialist -- Paris, melancholy and phantasmagoria : economic determinations or a human soul-scape? -- Flâneurs & Baudelaire's urban self-makers, Benjamin's accomplices of commodity capitalism, and redeeming rag-pickers -- Baudelaire's 'depraved' view of women and Benjamin's redemption of commodified fallen women -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Political and artistic divides in Baudelaire -- The diabolical character of modern political redemption -- Benjamin's politicized aesthetics -- The God's eye view of the historical materialist -- Paris, melancholy and phantasmagoria : economic determinations or a human soul-scape? -- Flâneurs & Baudelaire's urban self-makers, Benjamin's accomplices of commodity capitalism, and redeeming rag-pickers -- Baudelaire's 'depraved' view of women and Benjamin's redemption of commodified fallen women -- Conclusion.

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