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Theses on the Philosophy of History (Benjamin)
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essay
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gptkb:Walter_Benjamin
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gptkb:Germany
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1940
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gptkb:Walter_Benjamin:_Illuminations_(1968,_English_translation)
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gptkb:philosophy
essay
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Theses on the Philosophy of History (Benjamin)
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Critical theory
Postmodern philosophy
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gptkb:Karl_Marx
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Orthodox Judaism
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gptkb:German
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gptkb:Angel_of_History
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There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the 'state of emergency' in which we live is not the exception but the rule.
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18
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Über den Begriff der Geschichte
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true
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gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:Theodor_W._Adorno
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gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkb:Dialectic_of_Enlightenment
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philosophy of history
Marxism
historical materialism
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exile in France
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gptkb:Philosophy_of_History
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