Johannes Von Moltke: 3 books
The Curious Humanist
Siegfried Kracauer in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
During the Weimar Republic, Siegfried Kracauer established himself as a trenchant theorist of film, culture, and modernity, and he is now considered one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. When he arrived in Manhattan aboard a crowded refugee ship in 1941, however, he was virtually unknown...
Culture in the Anteroom
The Legacies of Siegfried Kracauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Culture in the Anteroom introduces an English-speaking readership to the full range of Siegfried Kracauer's work as novelist, architect, journalist, sociologist, historian, exile critic, and theorist of visual culture. This interdisciplinary anthology---including pieces from Miriam Bratu Hansen, Andreas...
Thinking in the Dark
Cinema, Theory, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Today’s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives—they’re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating,...