Theses on the Philosophy of History (Benjamin)

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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Theses on the Philosophy of History (Benjamin)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Frankfurt_School
Critical theory
Postmodern philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:theology
Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableIdea gptkb:Angel_of_History
gptkbp:notableQuote 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.
gptkbp:numberOfTheses 18
gptkbp:originalTitle Über den Begriff der Geschichte
gptkbp:publishedPosthumously true
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:Theodor_W._Adorno
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkb:Dialectic_of_Enlightenment
gptkbp:subject philosophy of history
Marxism
historical materialism
gptkbp:writtenBy exile in France
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philosophy_of_History
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6