DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DC089-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved November 28, 2023, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/benjamin-walter-1892-1940/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved November 28, 2023, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/benjamin-walter-1892-1940/v-1
Article Summary
Walter Benjamin was one of the most influential twentieth-century philosophers of culture. His work combines formal analysis of art works with social theory to generate an approach which is historical, but is far more subtle than either materialism or conventional Geistesgeschichte (cultural and stylistic chronology). The ambiguous alignment of his work between Marxism and theology has made him a challenging and often controversial figure.
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