Walter Benjamin
1892-1940
“The transformation of the superstructure, which takes place far more slowly than that of the substructure, has taken more than half a century to manifest in all areas of culture the change in the conditions of production. Only today can it be indicated what form this has taken.”
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 1930
The Author as Producer, 1934
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1936
On the Concept of History, 1940