Book Review: Textual Conspiracies. Walter Benjamin, Idolatry and Political Theory

The University of Michigan Press, 2011. xii + 305pp. $75.00 (Cloth) ISBN: 978-0472117727. $30.00 (paper) ISBN: 978-0472035229 Martels Textual Conspiracies reads like a guide book for a strategy of the Left in the face of a seemingly endless future of capitalism. (xi) His advice: (247) Challenging wh...

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Published in:Law, Culture and the Humanities Culture and the Humanities, 2013, Vol.9 (2), p.398-399
Main Author: Franzki, Hannah
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Arendt, Hannah
Capitalism
Cognition & reasoning
Conspiracy
Kafka, Franz (1883-1924)
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Political theory
Politics
Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-59)
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Summary:The University of Michigan Press, 2011. xii + 305pp. $75.00 (Cloth) ISBN: 978-0472117727. $30.00 (paper) ISBN: 978-0472035229 Martels Textual Conspiracies reads like a guide book for a strategy of the Left in the face of a seemingly endless future of capitalism. (xi) His advice: (247) Challenging what Martel calls a conventional perception of politics, he seeks to decenter the intentional political subject in order to be able to think a Left project as hope-but not for us. (xi) In the face of the importance Martel attributes to the problem of intentionality, it is surprising that he omits the question of intentionality when it comes to Benjamins concept of constellations as a method, and hence his choice of authors. While he starts speaking as an author who intentionally forms, produces (10) or makes (12) a constellation, in the course of the book the authors or texts present evidence or show us certain insights.
ISSN:1743-8721
1743-9752
DOI:10.1177/1743872113479228a