October 2011
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“…in tragedy, pagan man becomes aware that he is better than his god, but the...”
– Walter Benjamin (via poodlecactus) from “Fate and Character” in Walter Benjamin, 1913-1926
“For a collector - and I mean a real collector, a collector as he ought to be -...”
– Walter Benjamin from ‘Unpacking My Library’ (via gravellyrun)
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“Apropos of sleep, that sinister adventure of all our nights, we may say that men...”
– Charles Baudelaire, who was admired by Benjamin. His poems and quotations occupy many pages of the the Arcades Project manuscript.
Baudelaire (via johnwilkestooth)
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“The Arcades Project comes to us today as a massive collection of notes on 19th...”
– “Notes on Walter Benjamin & Allegory”, Doug Hall
“Allegory is in the realm of thought what ruins are in the realm of things.”
– Letter to Horkheimer, quoted in Susan Buck-Morss, The Dialectics of Seeing
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We're at 93! Who will be 100?
Thanks to all the followers and supporters of “In Memory of Walter Benjamin”. I’ve so enjoyed creating and building this Tumblr. It is really a joy to connect with other Benjamin-philes every day! I love your stories, photos and links you send my way and appreciate the support, likes and reblogs from all!
But I am looking forward to the 100th follower—but who will they...
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“History breaks down into images, not stories.”
– Walter Benjamin (via oenggun)
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“The sight of immediate reality has become an orchid in the land of technology.”
– Walter Benjamin, in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936)
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“…true literary activity cannot aspire to take place within a literary framework...”
– Walter Benjamin - One Way Street (via bigroundtable)
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