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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 (1892–194
 0) is widely considered one of the most creative cultural critics of the tw
 entieth 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 bo
 urgeois civilization. In his book\, 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.\n\nCo-sponsored 
 by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning\, the Political Science Departm
 ent\, German Studies\, and the Philosophy Department. \n\n \n\nPETER E. GOR
 DON is the Amabel B. James Professor of History\, Faculty Affilitate in the
  Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures\, Faculty Affiliate in th
 e Department of Government\, and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Phi
 losophy at Harvard University. A resident faculty member at Harvard's Minda
  de Gunzburg Center for European Studies\, Gordon is a critical theorist an
 d an historian of modern European philosophy and social thought\, specializ
 ing in Frankfurt School critical theory\, phenomenology\, existentialism\, 
 and Western Marxism.  A frequent contributor of criticism and commentary to
  periodicals such as The New York Times Book Review\, The New Republic\, Th
 e Boston Review of Books\, The New Statesman\, The Nation\, The London Revi
 ew of Books\, and The New York Review of Books\, he has published major wor
 ks on Heidegger\, the Frankfurt School\, Jürgen Habermas\, and Theodor W. A
 dorno.
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LOCATION:Devlin Hall\, 101
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SUMMARY:Peter E. Gordon\, "Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver" (In-Person)
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