Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Just "Dandy"

Walter Benjamin introduces in his writings about a particular type of man called a dandy. To learn about the dandy, we must first understand the flaneur...

"Walter Benjamin adopted the concept of the urban observer both as an analytical tool and as a lifestyle. From his Marxist standpoint, Benjamin describes the flâneur as a product of modern life and the Industrial Revolution without precedent, a parallel to the advent of the tourist. His flâneur is an uninvolved but highly perceptive bourgeois dilettante. Benjamin became his own prime example, making social and aesthetic observations during long walks through Paris."

http://taylordavidson.com/writing/2009/08/15/flaneur/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Mii2GOwMA

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