Walter Benjamin

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gptkb:Cultural_Commentary
gptkb:literary_criticism
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gptkb:Marxism
gptkb:Modernism
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:Surrealism
Critical theory
gptkbp:birth_date 1892-07-15
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:child Miriam Benjamin
Stefan Benjamin
gptkbp:concept gptkb:Lightning_Release
gptkb:Angel_of_History
cultural criticism
historical materialism
the role of myth in history
the role of memory in history
the relationship between art and politics
the critique of capitalism
the relationship between history and memory
the role of the artist in society
the role of the historian
dialectical images
the flâneur
the relationship between history and politics
the significance of the past in shaping the future
the role of the critic in society
the critique of historical determinism
the impact of technology on art
the critique of enlightenment rationality
the critique of bourgeois culture
the critique of progress
the importance of context in historical analysis
historical materialism vs. idealism
messianic time
the critique of historical narratives
the critique of historical objectivity
the critique of historical progress
the idea of redemption in history
the impact of modernity on perception
the importance of allegory in history
the importance of fragments in history
the importance of the collective memory in history
the past as a constellation
the relationship between history and art criticism
the relationship between history and experience
the relationship between history and ideology
the relationship between history and narrative
the relationship between history and philosophy.
the relationship between history and storytelling
the relationship between history and trauma
the role of technology in shaping culture
the role of the spectator in art
the significance of the archive in history
the significance of the avant-garde
the significance of the everyday in history
the significance of the past in the present
the significance of the present in history
the tension between past and present
the critique of historical narratives in literature
the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction
gptkbp:contribution philosophy of history
critique of modernity
the relationship between history and memory
the impact of capitalism on culture
the concept of the flâneur
the critique of consumer culture
the role of technology in art
the significance of the avant-garde
analysis of culture and society
the analysis of the commodity form
the critique of historical materialism
the exploration of the concept of aura
the exploration of the dialectical image
the study of the impact of mass media on society
theory of art and aesthetics
the analysis of the relationship between technology and art.
the examination of the relationship between art and politics
gptkbp:death_date 1940-09-26
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Portbou
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Freiburg
gptkb:University_of_Munich
gptkbp:field gptkb:literary_analysis
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:literary_criticism
cultural studies
aesthetics
gptkbp:has_influence_on Contemporary art
Cultural studies
Film theory
Literary theory
Digital humanities
Postcolonial studies
Critical pedagogy
Philosophy of history
Media theory
Visual culture studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Benjamin
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:Theodor_Adorno
gptkb:Jacques_Derrida
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Walter_Mignolo
Walter Benjamin's influence on contemporary thought
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:The_Work_of_Art_in_the_Age_of_Mechanical_Reproduction
gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkb:Theses_on_the_Philosophy_of_History
theory of history
historical materialism
the flâneur
theory of aura
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
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gptkb:The_Angel_of_History
Flâneur
The dialectical image
History as a constellation
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkb:Illuminations
gptkb:One-Way_Street
gptkb:Theses_on_the_Philosophy_of_History
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:translator
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:literary_analysis
gptkb:editor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dora_Sophie_Pollak
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Arcades_Project
gptkb:Illuminations
gptkb:One-Way_Street
gptkb:Theses_on_the_Philosophy_of_History
The Origin of German Tragic Drama
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