Articles of interest:

A note on the image:

background image: The background image is Rene Magritte's "The Rape."

framing image: This is an edited copy of the baground image.

Absence of Mind

Distinguish from "Presence" of Mind in Walter Benjamin. How does the concept of "Presence" become problematic when taken in the context of Passage?

The Arcades Project Project is part of Heather Marcelle Crickenberger's doctoral dissertation entitled "The Structure of Awakening": Walter Benjamin and Progressive Scholarship in New Media which was defended and passed on June 27, 2007 at the University of South Carolina. The committe members are as follows: John Muckelbauer, Ph.D, Judith James, Ph.D., Dan Smith, Ph.D, Brad Collins, Ph. D., and Anthony Jarrells, Ph.D. Copyright 2007 by Heather Marcelle Crickenberger. All rights reserved.