{"product_id":"bridging-benjamin-a-philosophy-of-technology-place-and-education-paperback","title":"Bridging Benjamin: A Philosophy of Technology, Place, and Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin reimagined through the forgotten power of radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) has long been recognized for his influence on the fields of literature, film, media studies, critical legal theory, and philosophy. Bringing fresh attention to an often-overlooked aspect of his oeuvre, \u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dozens of radio broadcasts he produced, primarily for children, between 1927 and 1933. Delivered after the academic rejection of his notoriously complex \u003ci\u003eTrauerspiel, \u003c\/i\u003ethese shows became a testing ground for Benjamin's developing ideas and experimental pedagogy. Though they were cast off as inconsequential by both Benjamin and his contemporaries, Dominic Smith reveals the broadcasts to be a fruitful site for a novel, \"derailed\" interpretation of Benjamin's larger body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Benjamin's radio production as a dynamic site of philosophical experimentation, Smith uses it as a channel and amplifier for three integral but underappreciated aspects of Benjamin's work: his philosophies of technology, place, and education. Showing how he used broadcast media to explore the increasing \"virtualization\" of place in networked society, \u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e encourages an embrace of Benjamin in contrast to his divisive historical counterparts in the philosophy of technology, such as Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterpreting Benjamin's broadcasts as a form of peripatetic thinking--deeply embedded in place, yet mobile and mediated--\u003ci\u003eBridging Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling model for reassessing attachments to the technologies and practices shaping our contemporary worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Smith is senior lecturer of philosophy at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He is author of \u003ci\u003eExceptional Technologies: A Continental Philosophy of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eContingency and Plasticity in Everyday Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289973240057,"sku":"9781517919658","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tCEJKrvw8o9781517919658.webp?v=1776276446","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bridging-benjamin-a-philosophy-of-technology-place-and-education-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}