[1] Benjamin first came to critical attention with his writings in continental philosophy, writing articles and editing books on the thinking of Martin Heidegger, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Julia Kristeva and Jean-François Lyotard.
[2] He is recurrent visiting professor at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London.
The theoretical basis for such a position is the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy, seeing language as constructing reality.
And just as Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, attempted to think of philosophy from first principles – from the cogito (the thinking subject) – so a critical architecture is seen to contest its tradition, if not fully succeeding in getting beyond notions such as shelter and dwelling.
He is also joint editor of the series Walter Benjamin Studies published by Continuum Press.