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Walter Benjamin
AuthorBooks · Second hand1892-1940
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist. An eclectic thinker who combined elements of German idealism, Jewish mysticism, Western Marxism, and post-Kantianism, he made contributions to the philosophy of history, metaphysics, historical materialism, criticism, and aesthetics, and had an oblique but overwhelmingly influential impact on the resurrection of the Kabbalah by virtue of his life-long epistolary relationship with Gershom Scholem.
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Birth
1892
Death
1940
First book
1936
Years writing
90
Walter Benjamin was a multifaceted thinker who excelled as a philosopher, literary critic, translator, and radio broadcaster.
He used the pseudonym Benedix Schönflies to sign part of his prolific written work.
His thought was deeply influenced by his close friendship with the Kabbalah scholar Gershom Scholem.
Benjamin explored modern aesthetics and the impact of technology on art in his famous essay on technical reproducibility.
His intellectual legacy has grown exponentially over the last half-century, establishing him as a key figure of the 20th century.