The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin / ISBN 9780141036199 / small 128-page paperback from Penguin's Great Ideas series

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One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.

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