Walter Benjamin is one of the most significant theorists of our time. His influence on philosophy and sociology, as well as on literary, media, and cultural studies, is immense. Many of his texts are now part of the canon of theory. The range of his writings, their genres and disciplines, their themes and forms is vast. His work is extraordinarily diverse and difficult to grasp in its entirety. The selected volumes of the "suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft" series, edited by renowned Benjamin scholars and each containing a detailed afterword, thematically compile his key theoretical texts and make them accessible in compact reading editions.