Walter Benjamin und Adolf Loos

Nachdenken uber Zerstorung

by Dietrich Worbs

Book cover: Walter Benjamin und Adolf Loos

Extent: 144 pages

Publisher: Dietrich Reimer Verlag

Subjects: Architecture, German Studies, Philosophy

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(November 2025)

ISBN: 9783786128717

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $32.00

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Berlin im Dezember 1930: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) bekommt die Schriften des Architekten Adolf Loos (1870-1933) zugesandt, wahrend er an einem Essay uber Karl Kraus arbeitet – und diese Lekture entfaltet Wirkung: Loos hatte 1926 behauptet, je grosser der Anteil der Zerstorung an der menschlichen Arbeit sei, desto mehr sei sie wirklich menschliche, naturliche, edle Arbeit. Dieses Lob der Zerstorung hat Benjamin fasziniert und zu seinem beruhmten Text Der destruktive Charakter angeregt. Spater fokussierte Benjamin zunehmend die Schattenseite der Moderne, angesichts der erstarkenden Diktaturen in Deutschland, der Sowjetunion und Spanien. Der Essay liefert erstmals eine Darstellung der Rezeption von Loos durch Benjamin und bettet diese ein in Biografien, Freundschaften und Lebenswege beider Protagonisten. Es entsteht ein anregendes Panorama von Kunstschaffen und Burgertum im fruhen 20. Jahrhundert.

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