Lori Emerson on Nostr: Benjamin wrote his "Theses on the Philosophy of History" in 1940, shortly before he ...
Benjamin wrote his "Theses on the Philosophy of History" in 1940, shortly before he died by suicide escaping the Nazis. Imagine, now, Hannah Arendt reading this aloud to fellow refugees fleeing the Third Reich on the ship that was smuggling them to the U.S.
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