# Walter Benjamin

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- Book: [Walter Benjamin](https://www.bookquiver.com/eli-zaretsky/walter-benjamin) ([Walter Benjamin.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eli-zaretsky/walter-benjamin.md))
- Authors: [Eli Zaretsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/eli-zaretsky)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 978-01-9767-003-3
- Pages: 152
- Published: 2026-09-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This Very Short Introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many readers, but it is coherent in its combination of a Judaic theological perspective with cultural Marxism.