Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Change

Following the spirit of Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project, this volume acts as a kaleidoscope of change in the 21st century, tracing its different reflections in the international contemporary while seeking to understand both individual and collective reactions and adjustments to change through a series of questions: Is there something significantly different about the way in which 'change' occurs in the 21st century?; Is change mainly reflected in the material and visual environment surrounding us or someplace else?; What are the sensibilities through which we perceive change, and more importantly, have those sensibilities been increased or dulled by modern technology?

ANCA M. PUSCA is Lecturer in International Studies at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. Her publications include Revolution, Democratic Transition and Disillusionment,European Union: Promises and Challenges of a New Enlargement.