26 | Wake Up and Choose Divine Violence: Walter Benjamin w/ Dr. Ashley Bohrer
What's Left of Philosophy
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The Critical Theory of Violence by Benjamin Benjamin
Walter benamin is an eclectic and peculiar thinker by just about any standard. His thinking often involves in i want i call uneasy but highly productive synthesis of marxis critical theory german idealism and jewish mysticism. Tragically, benjamin took his own life in 19 forty on the french spanish border while fleeing the es. He'd become well known for essays such as the 19 36 work of art in the age of technical reproduction. And he explicitly allins the latter with the revolutionary proletarian gen strike. But for to day, we're looking at this earlier piecea 19 20 one's critique of violence.
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