Radio Benjamin

Synopsis

Walter 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 around eighty broadcasts using the new medium of radio. Radio benjamin gathers the surviving transcripts. This eclectic collection demonstrates the range of benjamins thinking and his enthusiasm for popular sensibilities. His celebrated enlightenment for children youth programmes, his plays, readings, book reviews, and fiction reveal benjamin in a creative, rather than critical, mode.