Walter Benjamin : A Biography
by Momme Brodersen 1998
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most original and influential thinkers of this century. In Britain and the United States in particular, he has acquired a status unlike that of any other German philosopher, as successive generations of readers find their own paths through the endlessly fruitful ambiguities of his work. The conflicts and conjunctions between Benjamin’s Marxism and his messianic Judaism, between his fascination for surrealism and his explorations of the Cabbala, between the philosopher of language and the ever-observant flâneur on the streets of Berlin or Paris—all these have inspired a wealth of interpretations and critical studies.
Widely acclaimed in Germany, Momme Brodersen’s Walter Benjamin is the most comprehensive and illuminating biography of Benjamin ever published. Not only does Brodersen provide a fuller and more coherent account of Benjamin’s nomadic career than has any previous scholar, he also demonstrates the fallacy of the popular, romanticized notion of his life as the sorrowful progression of a melancholic personality. The only real tragedy, he argues, was Benjamin’s suicide at Portbou on the Franco-Spanish border in 1940. Using previously unavailable material, Brodersen pays particular attention to Benjamin’s childhood in Berlin, to his conflicts with his bourgeois, Jewish family, his activities in the German Youth Movement, and the formative, irreconcilable influences of idealism, socialism and Zionism. He gives an exceptionally vivid picture of Benjamin’s life during the Weimar Republic, of his success as a literary critic and his work as a translator and radio journalist, as well as of his friendships and love affairs. Finally, he follows Benjamin’s harrowing journey through exile, internment and flight, and for the first time unravels the mysteries surrounding his death. At the same time, Brodersen provides a fresh and lucid presentation of Benjamin’s written work, and of the extraordinary range of his ideas and enthusiasms.
Thoroughly revised and expanded for this edition, and accompanied by more than a hundred photographs, this biography is an essential study of the man who himself remains an indispensable guide to the ruins and enchantments of the twentieth century.
Widely acclaimed in Germany, Momme Brodersen’s Walter Benjamin is the most comprehensive and illuminating biography of Benjamin ever published. Not only does Brodersen provide a fuller and more coherent account of Benjamin’s nomadic career than has any previous scholar, he also demonstrates the fallacy of the popular, romanticized notion of his life as the sorrowful progression of a melancholic personality. The only real tragedy, he argues, was Benjamin’s suicide at Portbou on the Franco-Spanish border in 1940. Using previously unavailable material, Brodersen pays particular attention to Benjamin’s childhood in Berlin, to his conflicts with his bourgeois, Jewish family, his activities in the German Youth Movement, and the formative, irreconcilable influences of idealism, socialism and Zionism. He gives an exceptionally vivid picture of Benjamin’s life during the Weimar Republic, of his success as a literary critic and his work as a translator and radio journalist, as well as of his friendships and love affairs. Finally, he follows Benjamin’s harrowing journey through exile, internment and flight, and for the first time unravels the mysteries surrounding his death. At the same time, Brodersen provides a fresh and lucid presentation of Benjamin’s written work, and of the extraordinary range of his ideas and enthusiasms.
Thoroughly revised and expanded for this edition, and accompanied by more than a hundred photographs, this biography is an essential study of the man who himself remains an indispensable guide to the ruins and enchantments of the twentieth century.
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在不確定中游走：本雅明傳
瓦爾特•本雅明（Walter Benjamin，1892-1940），20世紀最富原創性和影響力的思想家之一，一生顛沛流離，去世后聲名鵲起，是其所處時代的「異數」，被公認為「歐洲最后一位知識分子」。
《人物志12•在不確定中游走:本雅明傳》作者毛姆•布羅德森借助大量一手資料，全面展示了本雅明「在不確定中游走」的一生：他優裕的童年生活，以及他那個猶太資產階級大家庭的沖突；他在德國青年運動時期的活躍身影，以及理想主義、社會主義和猶太復國運動對他的影響；他在不同時期的著述和譯著引起的批評和紛爭，以及他悲慘的流亡生活和他的「不確定性死亡」……
毛姆•布羅德森（Momme Brodersen），1951年出生，德國學者，本雅明研究者，1977年起在意大利巴勒莫大學講授德語及相關課程，曾在多家德國媒體發表文章，並有多部本雅明研究專著問世。
《人物志12•在不確定中游走:本雅明傳》作者毛姆•布羅德森借助大量一手資料，全面展示了本雅明「在不確定中游走」的一生：他優裕的童年生活，以及他那個猶太資產階級大家庭的沖突；他在德國青年運動時期的活躍身影，以及理想主義、社會主義和猶太復國運動對他的影響；他在不同時期的著述和譯著引起的批評和紛爭，以及他悲慘的流亡生活和他的「不確定性死亡」……
毛姆•布羅德森（Momme Brodersen），1951年出生，德國學者，本雅明研究者，1977年起在意大利巴勒莫大學講授德語及相關課程，曾在多家德國媒體發表文章，並有多部本雅明研究專著問世。
目錄
第一卷 在柏林的童年和青年時代（1892—1901）
第二卷 弗里德里希大帝學校（1901—1912）
第三卷 弗萊堡和柏林的學生時代（1912—1915）
第四卷 慕尼黑和伯爾尼（1915—1919）
第五卷 德國通貨膨脹巡禮（1919—1924）
第六卷 從莫斯科到巴黎（1925—1929）
第七卷 文學戰場上的謀略家（1929—1933）
第八卷 活着的憂傷：流亡中的本雅明（1933—1940）
本雅明年表
譯后記
第二卷 弗里德里希大帝學校（1901—1912）
第三卷 弗萊堡和柏林的學生時代（1912—1915）
第四卷 慕尼黑和伯爾尼（1915—1919）
第五卷 德國通貨膨脹巡禮（1919—1924）
第六卷 從莫斯科到巴黎（1925—1929）
第七卷 文學戰場上的謀略家（1929—1933）
第八卷 活着的憂傷：流亡中的本雅明（1933—1940）
本雅明年表
譯后記
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