Walter Benjamin
Born 15 July 1892 · Died 27 September 1940
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German-Jewish Marxist philosopher-sociologist, literary critic, translator and essayist. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. His Marxism was more influenced by Bertolt Brecht, who had developed his own critical aesthetics, which asked for the emotional distancing of the spectator (Verfremdungseffekt). An important earlier influence and friend was Gershom Scholem, who founded the modern, academic study of the Kabbalah and of Jewish mysticism. Over the last half-century the regard for his work and its influence have risen dramatically, making Benjamin one of the most important twentieth century thinkers about literature and about modern aesthetic experience.
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Books by Walter Benjamin in order
Books by Walter Benjamin in the order they were published, from Illuminations (1961) to Pequeña historia de la fotografía (2022).
- 1Illuminations
Illuminations1961 - 2The Origin of German Tragic Drama
The Origin of German Tragic Drama1963 - 3The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction1963 - 4Understanding Brecht
Understanding Brecht1966 - 5Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire1969 - 6Reflections
Reflections1978 - 7The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1
The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1932-19401980 - 8Moscow Diary
Moscow Diary1986 - 9The Arcades Project
The Arcades Project1989 - 10One-Way Street and Other Writings
One-Way Street and Other Writings1997 - 11Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin1999 - 12Selected Writings
Selected Writings2004 - 13Berlin Childhood Around 1900
Berlin Childhood Around 19002006 - 14On Hashish
On Hashish2006 - 15Aesthetics and Politics
Aesthetics and Politics2007 - 16Immagini di città
Immagini di città2007 - 17The Archive
The Archive2007 - 18The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibil
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media2008 - 19Unpacking My Library
Unpacking My Library2009 - 20The Storyteller
The Storyteller2016 - 21La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica
La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica2017 - 22The Storyteller Essays
The Storyteller Essays2019 - 23Radio BenjaminRadio Benjamin2021
- 24Pequeña historia de la fotografía
Pequeña historia de la fotografía2022