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  The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback) By (author) Walter Benjamin, Translated by J. A. Underwood

  

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  Short Description for The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionExplores 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.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 07 August 2008
  • Format: Paperback 128 pages
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  • Categories: General | Art Theory
  • ISBN 13: 9780141036199 ISBN 10: 0141036192
  • Sales rank: 9,364

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• 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.