Walter Benjamin: a critical life

A Berlin childhood: 1892-1912

Metaphysics of youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912-1914

The concept of criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915-1919

Elective affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920-1922

Academic nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923-1925

Weimar intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925-1928

The destructive character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929-1932

Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933-1934

The Parisian arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935-1937

Baudelaire and the streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938-1939

The angel of history: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939-1940.