Theses on the Philosophy of History

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:essay
gptkbp:author gptkb:Walter_Benjamin
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:dateWritten 1940
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Walter_Benjamin:_Illuminations_(1968,_English_translation)
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:essay
gptkbp:hasConcept critique of historicism
concept of 'Angel of History'
dialectical images
messianic time
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:critical_theory
gptkb:history
postmodern philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Theodor_W._Adorno
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableQuote There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
gptkbp:originalTitle Über den Begriff der Geschichte
gptkbp:publishedPosthumously true
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:Gershom_Scholem
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:On_the_Concept_of_History
gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkbp:structure composed of 18 theses
gptkbp:subject philosophy of history
Marxism
historical materialism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walter_Benjamin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
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