SIEGFRIED KRACAUER

This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. It is part of a timely revival and reappraisal of his unique contribution to our critical understanding of modernity, the interrogation of mass culture, and the recognition of both the dynamism and diminution of h uman experience in the hustle and bustle of the contemporary metropolis. In stressing the extraordinary variety of Kracauers writin gs (from s...[Read more]