My friendship with Leo Lowenthal began relatively late in his life and relatively early in mine. We met in Berkeley in 1981, thanks to our mutual friend Martin Jay. Leo had recently entered his ninth decade; I was stilL in my third. Our friendship would prosper for twelve years. At the time I was finishing a Ph. D. dissertation on Walter Benjamin. Leo was one of two people I have met who actually knew Benjamin, the other being his close friend Herbert Marcuse. Their paths had frequently crossed in Frankfurt during the late 1920s. Later, of course, they had professional dealings in Leo's capacity as managing editor of the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Radio-Television, Cultural Studies, Ethics, Regional Studies |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | June 10, 2003 |
Published in Issue | Year 2003 Volume: 6 (2) Issue: 12 |