Thinking The Flaneur
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
Flaneur, Benjamin, Culture
Biography
Thomas Donovan in a West Virginia native studying Philosophy and English at Marshall University. When not worrying about words or trying to wake up from the nightmare of history, he plays the drums.
Major
Humanities (PHL) and English
Advisor for this project
Dr. Jeremy Barris
Abstract
The idea of the flaneur is not new. Made popular by the radical poet Baudelaire, it was taken up into the world of the philosophers by Walter Benjamin. In thinking the Flaneur, I aim to explore the history and development of the concept, examine its appearance in culture and literature, and contemplate its relevance and application to the distanced and digital world we now live in.
Thinking The Flaneur
The idea of the flaneur is not new. Made popular by the radical poet Baudelaire, it was taken up into the world of the philosophers by Walter Benjamin. In thinking the Flaneur, I aim to explore the history and development of the concept, examine its appearance in culture and literature, and contemplate its relevance and application to the distanced and digital world we now live in.
