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Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (/ ˈ b ɛ n j ə m ɪ n / BEN-yə-min; German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈbɛnjamiːn] ⓘ; [7] 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940 [8]) was a German-Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist.
Walter Benjamin (born July 15, 1892, Berlin, Ger.—died Sept. 27?, 1940, near Port-Bou, Spain) was a man of letters and aesthetician, now considered to have been the most important German literary critic in the first half of the 20th century.
Jan 18, 2011 · Walter Benjamin’s importance as a philosopher and critical theorist can be gauged by the diversity of his intellectual influence and the continuing productivity of his thought. Primarily regarded as a literary critic and essayist, the philosophical basis of Benjamin’s writings is increasingly acknowledged. They were a decisive influence ...
Walter Benjamin was one of the most important thinkers of the 20 th century, having published a range of works on culture and society. But he is perhaps still best known for his ideas on art and authenticity; challenging, as he did, the assumption that the original artwork was more valuable to society than the photographic reproduction of that ...
May 7, 2002 · Walter Benjamin was a prominent philosopher, critic, and essayist. See how his experiences shaped his work and what was his impact on critical theory and philosophical thought.
Jan 4, 2024 · In his essays, Walter Benjamin sought to understand the nature of modernity. He drew on Marxism but was not contained by it, ranging across literature, art, popular culture, even...
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was one of the seminal critics of modern cultural life (literature, theater, philosophy, theology, the study of language, the metropolis and its temptations and perils, painting, architecture, photography, radio, and the motion picture).
