{"product_id":"radio-benjamin-walter-benjamin-9781781685754","title":"Radio Benjamin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on  culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays.  From 1927 to '33, he wrote and presented something in the region of  eighty broadcasts using the new medium of radio. Radio Benjamin  gathers the surviving transcripts, which appear here for the first time  in English. This eclectic collection demonstrates the range of  Benjamin's thinking and his enthusiasm for popular sensibilities. His  celebrated \"Enlightenment for Children\" youth programs, his plays,  readings, book reviews, and fiction reveal Benjamin in a creative,  rather than critical, mode. They flesh out ideas elucidated in his  essays, some of which are also represented here, where they cover topics  as varied as getting a raise and the history of natural disasters,  subjects chosen for broad appeal and examined with passion and acuity.\n\u003cbr\u003eDelightful  and incisive, this is Walter Benjamin channeling his sophisticated  thinking to a wide audience, allowing us to benefit from a new voice for  one of the twentieth century's most respected thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walter Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":46144370245875,"sku":"2770002391977","price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781781685754.jpg?v=1725012346","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/radio-benjamin-walter-benjamin-9781781685754","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}