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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Author(s): Walter Benjamin (Author)
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Publication Date: 13 Jun. 2021
- Language: English
- Print length: 99 pages
- ISBN-10: 1667156071
- ISBN-13: 9781667156071
Book Description
An attempt by literary critic Walter Benjamin to analyze the changed experience of art in modern society.
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About the Author
Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mysticism, Benjamin made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism. He was associated with the Frankfurt School, and also maintained formative friendships with thinkers such as playwright Bertolt Brecht and Kabbalah scholar Gershom Scholem. Benjamin committed suicide in exile after Hitler took power in Germany.
