Foreword to the Special Issue on Walter Benjamin

The papers in this issue focus on the study and analysis of Walter Benjamin’s oeuvre from different aspects. The purpose of the issue was to stimulate the reception of Benjamin in Hungary, to promote (critical) discourse on the texts (which are already available in Hungarian in sufficient numbers). In addition to the studies, the issue also includes reviews and translations, who’s apparent (!) eclecticism, we believe, could reveal something of the characteristic of Benjamin’s oeuvre, namely its multifaceted and often seemingly exalted nature.