Das Passagen-Werk
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Das Passagen-Werk is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus of cultural criticism, exploring 19th-century Parisian arcades as a lens on modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Das Passagen-Werk canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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philosophical work ⓘ unfinished work ⓘ work of cultural criticism ⓘ |
| author | Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | research on 19th-century Paris ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
allegory
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arcades ⓘ commodity fetishism ⓘ dreamworlds of capitalism ⓘ flâneur NERFINISHED ⓘ phantasmagoria ⓘ |
| compositionMethod | literary montage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| editor | Rolf Tiedemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | montage of quotations and notes ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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cultural criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| hasPart | convolutes ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory
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cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Baudelaire
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Georg Simmel NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
19th-century Paris
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Parisian arcades ⓘ capitalism ⓘ modernity ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| movement |
Frankfurt School
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Western Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ historical materialism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
arcades as emblem of modernity
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history as constellation of fragments ⓘ materialist historiography ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Marxist theory
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critical theory ⓘ |
| publicationStatus |
posthumous
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unfinished ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Arcades Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1927–1940 ⓘ |
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