{"product_id":"ornaments-of-the-metropolis-siegfried-kracauer-and-modern-urban-culture-the-mit-press-9780262681636","title":"Ornaments of the Metropolis Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture The MIT Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVariations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's urban writings, suggesting ways in which the subjective can reappropraite urban life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In \u003ci\u003eOrnaments of the Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his sociobiography of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and the intellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writings on cinema and the philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much of it written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 1920s and early 1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, through the pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195178283351,"sku":"9780262681636","price":34.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ornaments-of-the-metropolis-siegfried-kracauer-and-modern-urban-culture-the-mit-press-9780262681636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}