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@article{ART002609542},
author={Sun Kyu Ha},
title={A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2020},
volume={60},
pages={57-92},
doi={10.17527/JASA.60.0.03}

TY - JOUR
AU - Sun Kyu Ha
TI - A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2020
VL - 60
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 57
EP - 92
SN - 1229-0246
AB - Walter Benjamin is generally known as a thinker who was critical of the philosophy of life. But Benjamin's early writings from the 1910s to 20s reveal a number of interesting arguments about life's crisis and potential, and the uniqueness of the mental dimension of life. This article aims to reconstruct his philosophical considerations on life based on his early writings such as “Life of University Students” (1914), “On the Language” (1916), “Program of Philosophy” (1918), “The Task of the Translator” (1923) and “Cognition-critical Introduction” (1928). This paper has three main goals. First, Benjamin's philosophy, like that of other important modern philosophers, is rooted in a deep concern for life's crises and possibilities, freedom and expression of life. Second, Benjamin's observation and analysis of life is not merely subsidiary. On the contrary, it is closely related to the philosophy of language, philosophy of history and philosophy of art, which are the three central fields of his philosophical thinking. Third, Benjamin's philosophical reflection on life is worth appreciating itself. It has remarkable implications for modern philosophical anthropology as well as for aesthetic reflections on art and the sensitive dimensions of human beings. In particular, the mental essence of language, the dialectic of communicability and incommunicability, and the argument for the purposiveness of life need to be re-appropriated in connection with the philosophy of life.
KW - art criticism;Benjamin's philosophy of life;dialectic;philosophy of history;philosophy of language
DO - 10.17527/JASA.60.0.03
ER -

Sun Kyu Ha. (2020). A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 60, 57-92.

Sun Kyu Ha. 2020, "A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.60, pp.57-92. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha "A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 60 pp.57-92 (2020) : 57.

Sun Kyu Ha. A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s. 2020; 60 57-92. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha. "A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 60(2020) : 57-92.doi: 10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha. A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 60, 57-92. doi: 10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha. A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2020; 60 57-92. doi: 10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha. A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s. 2020; 60 57-92. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.60.0.03

Sun Kyu Ha. "A Study on the Critical Philosophy of Life of Walter Benjamin : Focused on His Early Writings in the 1910s and the 20s" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 60(2020) : 57-92.doi: 10.17527/JASA.60.0.03