Quick Facts About Walter Benjamin
- Born
- July 15, 1892
- Died
- September 26, 1940
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Profession
- Philosopher
- Notable works
- Illuminationen
- Known for
- Theses on the Philosophy of History, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, The arcades project, The Origin of German Tragic Drama, One Way Street
- Spouse
- Dora Sophie Kellner
About Walter Benjamin
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.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
