On Hashish Consciously placing himself in a tradition of literary drug-connoisseurs from Baudelaire to Hermann Hesse, Benjamin looked to hashish and other drugs for an initiation into what he called "profane illumination." At i
| TITLE | : | On Hashish |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.70 (586 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0674022211 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| PAGES | : | 208 Pages |
| PUBLISH | : | 2006-05-30 |
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Walter Benjamin's posthumously published collection of writings on hashish is a detailed blueprint for a book that was never written--a "truly exceptional book about hashish," as Benjamin describes it in a letter to his friend Gershom Scholem. A series of "protocols of drug experiments," written by himself and his co-participants between 1927 and 1934, together with short prose pieces that he published during his lifetime, On Hashish provides a peculiarly intimate portrait of Benjamin, venturesome as ever at the end of the Weimar Republic, and of his unique form of thought.
Consciously placing himself in a tradition of literary drug-connoisseurs from Baudelaire to Hermann Hesse, Benjamin looked to hashish and other drugs for an initiation into what he called "profane illumination." At issue here, as everywhere in Benjamin's work, is a new way of seeing
Editorial : The essays and notes that Benjamin devoted to the characteristics of narcotic intoxicationare, despite their fragmentary nature, among the most authentic ever put to paper . Benjamin's experiments correspond quite precisely to the specific cognitive intentions articulated in his most developed philosophical texts. Like the micrological explorations that typify his philosophizing as a whole, his experiences of intoxication bring to light surprising finds. (Hermann Schweppenhäuser, co-editor of Walter Benjamin's collected works)
FascinatingOn Hashish gives the reader a sense of Benjamin's philosophical method and a tour through the library (and the staggering erudition) that supported it, but also provides some insight into the man himself--his drives, his fears, and his creative process. (Michael Berk Nextbook 2006-05-16)
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