Walter Benjamin is the embodiment of the exemplary intellectual of the 20th century; unable to find his place in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of his country and all of Europe, driven and pursued, delving into the depths of humanitarian...
knowledge – both classical and contemporary, - impulsive and rebellious, yet invariably at the forefront of the leading thinkers of his time. Each of Benjamin's works is a concise yet profound event for philosophy and culture, as well as a reason for a new reassessment of classical notions of various phenomena of modernity.
Walter Benjamin is the embodiment of the exemplary intellectual of the 20th century; unable to find his place in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of his country and all of Europe, driven and pursued, delving into the depths of humanitarian knowledge – both classical and contemporary, - impulsive and rebellious, yet invariably at the forefront of the leading thinkers of his time. Each of Benjamin's works is a concise yet profound event for philosophy and culture, as well as a reason for a new reassessment of classical notions of various phenomena of modernity.