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Theses on the Philosophy of History
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Theses_on_the_Philosophy_of_History
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Statements (31)
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
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
essay
gptkbp:hasConcept
critique of historicism
concept of 'Angel of History'
dialectical images
messianic time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Theses on the Philosophy of History
gptkbp:influenced
history
critical theory
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
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