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gptkb:philosopher
literary critic cultural critic |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Jewish_mysticism
Marxism Surrealism |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
1892-07-15
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| gptkbp:bornIn |
gptkb:Berlin
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Miriam_Benjamin
Stefan_Benjamin |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
1940-09-26
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| gptkbp:diedIn |
Portbou
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Freiburg
gptkb:University_of_Frankfurt gptkb:University_of_Munich |
| gptkbp:famousFor |
Critique of culture
Philosophy of history Media theory Historical materialism The relationship between art and politics The relationship between memory and history The relationship between art and technology The relationship between history and memory The philosophy of language The critique of capitalism The role of the critic The critique of modernity The role of the critic in society The relationship between art and society The angel of history The concept of aura The concept of the flâneur in urban life The concept of translation The crisis of experience The critique of bourgeois culture The dialectical image The flâneur The history of photography The impact of modernity on culture The impact of technology on art The impact of war on culture The mechanical reproduction of art The role of myth in culture The role of the avant-garde The storyteller The relationship between art and politics in the 20th century Literary_theory Aesthetic_theory |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Walter Benjamin
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:The_Frankfurt_School
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel gptkb:Karl_Marx |
| gptkbp:nationality |
German
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| gptkbp:notableWorks |
gptkb:The_Work_of_Art_in_the_Age_of_Mechanical_Reproduction
gptkb:The_Arcades_Project Illuminations One-Way Street |
| gptkbp:occupation |
essayist
translator theorist |
| gptkbp:spouse |
Dora_Sophie_Benjamin
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