Charles Baudelaire: A Lyric Poet in the Era of High CapitalismWalter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural ommentators and theorists of the 20th century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of art in the modern age and the philosophy of history. Yet, it was through his study of the social and cultural history of late-19th-century Paris, examined particularly in relation to the figure of the great Parisian lyric poet Charles Baudelaire, that Benjamin tested and enriched some of his core concepts and themes. |
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antithesis of a connoisseur of human nature . The more uncanny a big city
becomes , the more knowledge of human nature – so it was thought – it takes to
operate in it . In actuality , the intensified struggle for survival led an individual to
make ...
antithesis of a connoisseur of human nature . The more uncanny a big city
becomes , the more knowledge of human nature – so it was thought – it takes to
operate in it . In actuality , the intensified struggle for survival led an individual to
make ...
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endless lines of vehicles , after visiting the slums of the metropolis , one realizes
for the first time that these Londoners have been forced to sacrifice the best
qualities of their human nature , to bring to pass all the marvels of civilization
which ...
endless lines of vehicles , after visiting the slums of the metropolis , one realizes
for the first time that these Londoners have been forced to sacrifice the best
qualities of their human nature , to bring to pass all the marvels of civilization
which ...
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This colossal centralization , this heaping together of two and a half millions of
human beings at one point , has multiplied the power of this two and a half
millions a hundredfold . . . . But the sacrifices which all this has cost become
apparent ...
This colossal centralization , this heaping together of two and a half millions of
human beings at one point , has multiplied the power of this two and a half
millions a hundredfold . . . . But the sacrifices which all this has cost become
apparent ...
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