{"title":"Marcio Seligmann-Silva","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-atualidade-de-walter-benjamin-e-de-theodor-w-adorno","title":"The relevance of Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno","description":"Márcio Seligmann-Silva's \"The Relevance of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno\" fosters a rich dialogue between these authors from the renowned Frankfurt School. Both were fundamental to the development of philosophical and cultural reflection in the last century, and today the thoughts and concepts forged by these leading authors still inspire reflection. The book is part of the Contemporary Collection, organized by Evando Nascimento. The concept of \"relevance\" in the work of Benjamin and Adorno has peculiarities. For both, the term relates to an idea's ability to connect with its present and thereby enable change. Theodor Adorno even authored an essay entitled \"The Relevance of Philosophy.\" This perspective is addressed, as are their main theories, which undoubtedly still carry within them the transformative power of great thought. Seligmann brings to light biographical details of Walter Benjamin, which contain a certain bitterness, such as the philosopher's suicide somewhere between Spain and France, motivated by the events of World War II. The best-known concepts of Benjamin's theory and other facts related to the author are unraveled: \"images of thought,\" his sui generis Judaism, the question of melancholy, the theory of language, his relationship with Romanticism, his critique of violence, the value of aura in artwork, and the concept of experience are just some of them. The connections between literature and philosophy are very strong in his work. Adorno's lack of obligation to write a monumental history permeates Seligmann's entire analysis. To expound his thought, the philosopher preferred to write essays rather than treatises. Some of the themes analyzed are: the dialectic of enlightenment, critical relationships with the culture industry, his interest in music, his dialogue with Benjamin, his reformulated theory of the sublime, the concept of the inhuman, and Adorno's value of redemption. The book is introductory in nature to the philosophers' ideas, but it also touches on more arid topics in the thought of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno. In this way, the reader is encouraged to read the originals of these great thinkers.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176619360508,"sku":"9788520009215","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/25554fed4957d02d06a6bcc2394fb708.jpg?v=1778320871"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/marcio-seligmann-silva.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}