The Manhattan Project is a sharp and witty study of a book never written: an imaginary sequel to Walter Benjamin'sArcades Project, dedicated to New York, capital of the twentieth century.
The Messianic Reduction is the first study of Benjamin's early philosophy that takes into consideration the full range of his work, with particular emphasis on its complex relation to phenomenology, Kant and neo-Kantianism, and certain developments in mathematics.
This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution.