{"product_id":"9781350414242","title":"Benjamin, Deleuze and the Baroque The Early Modern Origins of Media Theory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWalter Benjamin Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBenjamin, Deleuze and the Baroque\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Early Modern Origins of Media Theory\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNoa Levin | Andrew Benjamin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, who both authored seminal theoretical works on early cinema and photography, the history of modern media begins much earlier, in Baroque culture and science. \u003ci\u003eBenjamin, Deleuze and the Baroque \u003c\/i\u003eargues that their media theories were informed by their respective readings of the philosophy and mathematics of G.W. Leibniz, and the Baroque can thus be seen as the locus of modern media. \u003cbr\u003eBy critically comparing Benjamin and Deleuze's interpretations of the Baroque, Levin demonstrates the extent to which their theories of visual culture are intertwined with critiques of Enlightenment historiography and politics. Using a hermeneutic comparative approach, this book argues that the juxtaposition of Benjamin's reception of Leibniz with Deleuze's highlights the extent to which both authors' theories of image and media were informed by Leibniz's concepts of expression and perspectivism, themselves inspired by ground-breaking evolutions in optics and perspective. Providing close readings of Deleuze's \u003ci\u003eThe Fold \u003c\/i\u003eand Benjamin's \u003ci\u003eOrigin of the German Trauerspiel\u003c\/i\u003e, which remain understudied in the English language, it explores how, in their dual roles of philosopher and cultural critic, the pair may illuminate our own age of multiple crises through the Baroque.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNoa Levin \u003c\/b\u003eis a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Academy of Architecture Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland and an Associated Researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Germany. She specialises in visual cultures, philosophy of technology and philosophy of ecology.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350414242\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936350797964,"sku":"9781350414242","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7157bb20-71ec-4498-8305-a79e4a08f9b2.jpg?v=1786018329","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350414242","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}