Walter Benjamin: The Colour of Experience - Paperback

by Howard Caygill (Author)

This book analyzes the development of Walter Benjamin's concept of experience in his early writings showing that it emerges from an engagement with visual experience, and in particular the experience of colour. It represents Benjamin as primarily a thinker of the visual field.

Author Biography

Howard Caygill is Professor of Cultural History at Goldsmiths College, University of London.