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Walter Benjamin on Society

1892–1940 Germany

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There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940)

Only a thoughtless observer can deny that correspondences come into play between the world of modern technology and the archaic symbol-world of mythology.

Arcades Project (1927)

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