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S/MD/137. Critical review of Benjamin's essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”

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DATE:
2009
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19.99 GBP

The paper reviews the essay by Walter Benjamin “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” discussing his ideas about the difference between older cultures and cultures under capitalism. It is argued whether older cultures could generate auras around objects of admiration that cannot be mechanically reproduced.

 

KEYWORDS: Review, Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,

 
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