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The Life, Work, and Legacy of Walter Benjamin
🕑 Added 2022-02-01 17:27:21 +0000 UTCJon Greenaway returns to the show, this time to discuss the life and intellectual legacy of the German Jewish Marxist, philosopher, and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
We discuss his biography, his major works, his use of marxism and historical materialist, his art criticism, the role that jewish mysticism played in his work, the frankfurt school, his tragic suicide, and his overall legacy.
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Outro Music: "Stumblingblock" by Blvck Svm
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EspressoCinephile
I was assigned to read the essay on Art & its mechanical reproducibility in a comp lit class in my freshman year of college and it forever changed me ... Mind-blowing stuff for sure haha, gotta love Benjamin! I also remember my professor recommending a pretty neat experimental doc from the '90s about Benjamin's life & work called One Way Street, which can be seen for free on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/CBduIAotme0
Eoghan
Episodes with Jon are always belters πππ₯
