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X-WR-CALNAME:Peter E. Gordon\, "Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver" (In-Perso
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DESCRIPTION:Peter E. Gordon will speak on his latest book\, Walter Benjamin
 : The Pearl Diver (Yale University Press\, 2026). Walter Benjamin (1892–
 1940) is widely considered one of the most creative cultural critics of th
 e twentieth century. Esteemed for his literary acumen and capacious imagin
 ation\, he developed a unique style of criticism―his friend Hannah Arend
 t called it pearl-diving―that sought out fragments of redemption in the 
 ruins of bourgeois civilization. In his book\, Peter E. Gordon tells Benja
 min’s story in a vivid and poetic style\, inviting the reader to look be
 yond the image of Benjamin as a tragic figure of German-Jewish history and
  portraying him as a complex personality of unique and multifaceted gifts.
 \n\nCo-sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning\, the Politic
 al Science Department\, German Studies\, and the Philosophy Department. \n
 \n \n\nPETER E. GORDON is the Amabel B. James Professor of History\, Facul
 ty Affilitate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures\, Fa
 culty Affiliate in the Department of Government\, and Faculty Affiliate in
  the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. A resident faculty me
 mber at Harvard's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies\, Gordon i
 s a critical theorist and an historian of modern European philosophy and s
 ocial thought\, specializing in Frankfurt School critical theory\, phenome
 nology\, existentialism\, and Western Marxism.  A frequent contributor of 
 criticism and commentary to periodicals such as The New York Times Book Re
 view\, The New Republic\, The Boston Review of Books\, The New Statesman\,
  The Nation\, The London Review of Books\, and The New York Review of Book
 s\, he has published major works on Heidegger\, the Frankfurt School\, Jü
 rgen Habermas\, and Theodor W. Adorno.
LOCATION:Devlin Hall\, 101
SUMMARY:Peter E. Gordon\, "Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver" (In-Person)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bc.edu/event/peter-e-gordon-walter-benjamin-th
 e-pearl-diver-in-person
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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