Walter Benjamin

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Marxist theorist aesthetic theorist cultural critic essayist human literary critic philosopher translator

Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."

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instanceOf Marxist theorist ⓘ
aesthetic theorist ⓘ
cultural critic ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1892-07-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Berlin ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
deathCountry Spain ⓘ
deathDate 1940-09-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Portbou ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Richard Herbertz ⓘ
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Benjamin ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
cultural criticism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
media theory ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName Walter Benjamin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin
givenName Walter ⓘ
hasChild Stefan Rafael Benjamin ⓘ
influenced Fredric Jameson ⓘ
Giorgio Agamben ⓘ
Hannah Arendt ⓘ
Jacques Derrida ⓘ
Jürgen Habermas ⓘ
Susan Sontag ⓘ
Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
Franz Kafka ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Georg Simmel ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form: Jewish mysticism

Kabbalah ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainInterest aesthetics ⓘ
history ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
urban experience ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
movement Frankfurt School ⓘ
Western Marxism ⓘ
notableConcept aura ⓘ
constellation (philosophy) ⓘ
dialectical image ⓘ
notableWork Berlin Childhood around 1900 ⓘ
One-Way Street ⓘ
The Arcades Project ⓘ
The Origin of German Tragic Drama ⓘ
The Task of the Translator ⓘ
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ⓘ
Theses on the Philosophy of History ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
spouse Dora Sophie Pollak ⓘ
subjectOf The Arcades Project ⓘ
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ⓘ
Theses on the Philosophy of History ⓘ

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