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Thinking Allowed: Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence

Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence

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Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence.

Walter Benjamin - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work and influence of this pioneering German intellectual and theorist.

What is the value of forgotten histories, of possibilities not realised? What can a quite amble down a backstreet tell us about the nature of modernity? How has technology affected the nature and purpose of art? In the mid-twentieth century Walter Benjamin explored all these questions and brought Marxist thinking to high culture, exploring people's relationship to objects and art. His influence is probably felt now more than ever. Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work of this pioneering German intellectual and theorist. He's joined by the philosopher Jonathan Ree and the professor of political aesthetics, Esther Leslie.  Revised repeat

Producer: Charlie Taylor

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