Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Benjamin’s Philosophy of Language
6. 1. The Metaphysics of Meaning 29
7. 2. Language Out of Eden 56
8. 3. The Theory Gets Dressed Up 90
9. Part II: The History of Language as Such
10. 4. The Thought of Language 141
11. 5. What Art Means 180
12. 6. The Linguistic U-Turn 216
13. 7. Private Language and Other Nonsense 266
14. Part III: Benjamin and Wittgenstein
15. 8. The Word and the Deed 291
16. 9. The Character of Language 339
17. Bibliography 367
18. Acknowledgments 379
19. Index 381