Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To celebrate Verso’s new edition of The Storyteller by Walter Benjamin, Esther Leslie (writer and translator of many books including The Storyteller, and Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, London) and Stuart Jeffries (journalist and author of many books including Grand Hotel Abyss) discuss the life and legacy of Walter Benjamin. From his relationship with his peers, the other members of the Frankfurt School, and his cultural heritage, to his use of, and feelings about, technological advancements, to his approach to storytelling, writing and language more broadly, join Esther and Stuart for this fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of one of Western Marxism's most important philosophers.
The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness by Walter Benjamin is out now: versobooks.com/products/173-the-storyteller?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See all Verso's Walter Benjamin reading here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/benjamin-walter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See Stuart Jeffries work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/jeffries-stuart?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See Esther Leslie's work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/leslie-esther?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
To celebrate Verso’s new edition of The Storyteller by Walter Benjamin, Esther Leslie (writer and translator of many books including The Storyteller, and Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, London) and Stuart Jeffries (journalist and author of many books including Grand Hotel Abyss) discuss the life and legacy of Walter Benjamin. From his relationship with his peers, the other members of the Frankfurt School, and his cultural heritage, to his use of, and feelings about, technological advancements, to his approach to storytelling, writing and language more broadly, join Esther and Stuart for this fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of one of Western Marxism's most important philosophers.
The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness by Walter Benjamin is out now: versobooks.com/products/173-the-storyteller?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See all Verso's Walter Benjamin reading here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/benjamin-walter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See Stuart Jeffries work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/jeffries-stuart?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See Esther Leslie's work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/leslie-esther?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
