W a oe oe ee “DeanLb a ah Seas enn Rena a ae TO eagenaer tel oem een ee DUC ee cg CRC Se eee able in English. Harvard University Press is now taking to publish a significant portion of his work in Oi Ser uN Rtn a a ee eee NTS A nas ETC oe eee will at last give readers of English a true sense of th man and the many facets of his thought. A separate vol ume will consist of his book The Arcades Project, the magnum opus of his Paris years SER CEeRNeme enTE eget eae ee on collision of an idealistic youth movement and the CRC ee een ae eee Tree Ce ar ee Re et eN e ee scarred yet determined “to be considered as the princi Poor Reem Cer aa ae eect ae eee mec ee eee et Ce eer eae eet er ee to effect radical change. This book offers the record of Der Ter Tac “One-Way Street,” one of the most significant products Dna eae eta et of the German avant-garde of the Twenties. Against conformism, homogeneity, and gentrification of all life into a new world order, Benjamin made the word his Volume 1 of the Selected Writings brir UO eC nee eet camer ee sete Soe egeetey Me eee nc cent eee TT sixths of this material has never before been translated into English. The contents begin in 1913, when Benjamin, as an undergraduate in imperial Germany, was president of a radical youth group, and take us See ee eta ee Se Cen eae eat 2 critical voice in Weimar Germany’s most influential arnals.Watter Benjamin SELECTED WRITINGS VOLUME 1 1913-1926 Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W. Jennings THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England