{"product_id":"name-and-image-an-essay-on-walter-benjamin-paperback-2","title":"Name and Image: An Essay on Walter Benjamin - 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\u003eGianni Carchia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Haskell Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful study of Walter Benjamin, one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, by the Italian philosopher Gianni Carchia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eName and Image\u003c\/i\u003e crystalizes Gianni Carchia's lifelong pursuit of the infinite philosophical object in the method and thought of one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century: Walter Benjamin. This intellectual biography touches upon the philosophy of language, historiography, aesthetics, temporality, and transcendental philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book has the singular distinction of being both Gianni Carchia's first and last work. In the spring of 1999, shortly before the resurgence of the disease that would lead to his death, Carchia began revising the graduate thesis he had defended at the University of Turin in 1971 with the title \u003ci\u003eTruth and Language in the Young Walter Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e. At age twenty-four, the young scholar already demonstrated the incisive, axiomatic style of a master. The final version, retitled \u003ci\u003eName and Image\u003c\/i\u003e, would become his testament. With a remarkable inversion, beginning and end seem to conjoin here in an authentically philosophical act, as though all the motifs of Carchia's late thought--the conception of philosophy as event and witness, critique of method, and messianic finality--resonated together for the first time in this youthful text. The physiognomy of Benjamin that opens the work is the self-portrait of a figure who stands out ever more as one of the most just voices in twentieth-century Italian philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGianni Carchia\u003c\/b\u003e (1947-2000) was one of the most important and original Italian philosophers of the past century. His research ranged from aesthetics to ancient philosophy, from anthropology to political philosophy. \u003cb\u003eThomas Haskell Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University and a translator of many works from Italian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47348468711673,"sku":"9781803094069","price":46.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/p_g2D8NUn59781803094069_4f9e8fe1-217b-48c0-b9ff-e5979a1ed4ce.webp?v=1769774226","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/name-and-image-an-essay-on-walter-benjamin-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}