# The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

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- Authors: [Walter Benjamin](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-benjamin)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4196-342-6
- Published: 2008-08-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.