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Punchline Aesthetics, Walter Benjamin, and More

Punchline Aesthetics, Walter Benjamin, and More

Sep 02, 2021
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Torn between the esoteric Judaism of Scholem and the materialism of Brecht, Walter Benjamin was a Marxist awaiting the Messiah  ... more »

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