The Kracauer Connection: The Conflation of Art and the Messianic-Political in the Works of Kracauer, Benjamin and Adorno
LORIN GHIMAN Abstract There is a peculiar figure of thought (and speech) that Kracauer, Adorno and Benjamin seemed to like and share. Working on related topics concerning the status of the arts, they all toyed with the idea of a “go-for-broke” game, a “va-banque Spiel”. The first occurrence of the expression can arguably be found … [Read more…]