Writing of the theses on history

France — conditions of exile · 1940

Questions of progress, catastrophe, redeeming the past and now-time converge in the theses on history. 1940 is the writing date and should be distinguished from later publication dates.

Source

Walter Benjamin, Über den Begriff der Geschichte (1940, metnin yazım yılı).
Howard Eiland; Michael W. Jennings, Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life (2014).

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