The Arcades Project

The Arcades Project is Walter Benjamin’s massive, unfinished masterpiece about the birth of modern consumer culture in 19th-century Paris. Written between 1927 and 1940, the book uses the glass-roofed iron shopping arcades of Paris as a metaphor for the capitalist “dreamworld” that still shapes modern society. Instead of a traditional narrative, the book is an immense montage of thousands of historical quotes, reflections, and notes organized into themed sections (called “convolutes”). Kevin McLaughlin & Howard Eiland (translators).

Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2002
Book Condition: Very Good softcover. The covers show minor edge wear and a slight bump to the bottom front corner, but the spine remains solid and the binding is tight. The interior pages are completely clean, crisp, and unmarked.