The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin - ISBN: 9780141036199
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Mass media changes art, society, and politics forever.

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

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    128 pages

  • Release Date

    27 October 2008

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Summary

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin’s groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoke…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141036199
ISBN-10:0141036192
Author:Walter Benjamin
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:27 October 2008
Weight:88g
Dimensions:181mm x 112mm x 9mm
Series:Penguin Great Ideas
About The Author

Walter Benjamin

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (1892 - 1940) was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and was also greatly inspired by the Marxism of Bertolt Brecht and Jewish mysticism as presented by Gershom Scholem.

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