Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher and critic whose essays on language and translation remain influential.
1892, Berlin, Germany — 1940, Portbou, Spain
Germany · France
Walter Benjamin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher and critic whose essays on language and translation remain influential.
Walter Benjamin was a philosopher, critic and essayist whose writings on language, translation, history and 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' remain deeply influential across the humanities. Associated with the Frankfurt School, he blended Marxism and Jewish messianic thought. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, he took his own life fleeing the Nazis at the Spanish border.
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Philosopher and critic whose essays on language and translation remain influential.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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