In Walter Benjamin. Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend Stéphane Symons offers an innovative reading of the work of German philosopher, essayist and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) that characterizes his writings as "neither a-theological, nor immediately theological."
Stéphane Symons is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Belgium). His main research interests are Twentieth Century German and French philosophy, aesthetics and literature.