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In Walter Benjamin. Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend Stéphane Symons offers an innovative reading of the work of German philosopher, essayist and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). Oftentimes interpreted as being either of a theological (Jewish-Messianic) or a materialist (neo-Marxist) nature, Benjamin’s writings are here characterized as 'neither a-theological, nor immediately theological.' Starting from Benjamin’s philosophy of history, his interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka, his study on the German Baroque and his critique of modernity, Walter Benjamin. Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend zooms in on the issue of how a belief in the possibility of redemption and an attentiveness [ Aufmerksamkeit ] to expressions of an absolute force can endure within a universe that is nevertheless confronted as unfulfilled.

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German --- Benjamin, Walter, --- Benjamin, W. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Philosophers --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Modern philosophy --- Scholars --- Benjamin, Walter --- Holz, Detlef, --- Banyaming, --- Benʼyamin, Varutā, --- Peñcamin̲, Vālṭṭar, --- Binyamin, Ṿalṭer, --- בנימין, ולטר --- בנימין, ולטר, --- ולטר, בנימין, --- Penyamin, Palt'ŏ, --- 벤야민 발터, --- 1900 - 1999 --- Germany. --- Alemania --- Ashkenaz --- BRD --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Deutsches Reich --- Deutschland --- Doitsu --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- FRN --- German Uls --- Germania --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Germanyah --- Gjermani --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Jirmānīya --- KhBNGU --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Nimechchyna --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Weimar Republic --- Weimarer Republik --- Germany (East) --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Deguo --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- Gėrman --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Jirmānīya --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Germany (West) --- Europe --- Gėrman

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Philosophical anthropology --- General ethics --- History of philosophy --- 130.3 --- 1 BENJAMIN, WALTER --- 1 BENJAMIN, WALTER Filosofie. Psychologie--BENJAMIN, WALTER --- Filosofie. Psychologie--BENJAMIN, WALTER --- 130.3 Metafysica van het geestesleven. Philosphy of mind. Artificial intelligence --- Metafysica van het geestesleven. Philosphy of mind. Artificial intelligence

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Philosophical thinking allows itself to be nourished by seemingly non-committal exercises of thought but at the same time seeks forms of irrefutable knowledge. Because of this focus on both the subjective and the universal, philosophy also falls for the lure of the “what-if?” question. What if two legendary artists, writers or philosophers, who did not know each other, did enter into a conversation? In this book, Stéphane Symons outlines an (im)possible conversation between Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher Ludwig Binswanger (1881-1966) and French educator, philosopher, poet and filmmaker Fernand Deligny (1913-1996). Although the two never met, this imaginary conversation can offer insight into both authors' thinking and the human condition. According to Binswanger, self-awareness and social consciousness are the most important and characteristic features of human beings. In contrast, from his contacts with children and adolescents with autism, Deligny emphasizes our ability to interact with the material environment, especially with seemingly insignificant things and nature. Bringing the two thinkers into conversation, Symons sheds new light on what it is to be truly human. In the process, leading roles are played by one of Binswanger's patients, Ellen West, and a young boy with autism, Janmari. Stéphane Symons is Full Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Phenomenology. --- Psychoanalysis. --- Philosophical anthropology. --- Philosophical Anthropology.

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History of philosophy --- Sociology of religion