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Walter Benjamin

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Benyamin: The Aura Is Aesthetical

Benyamin says politics has become an aesthetic spectacle. He sees it as completely disempowering. Film is a revolutionary medium where the audience are no longer entranced with what's happening on screen, but they are be ing a collective subject who can bring about some sort of revolution.

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