NP but Walter Benjamin's Theses on History

[ish mailian]

Thanks Mark,
You know, I never read it, so, just the little pamphlet on art and
mechanical reproduction and a page or two of this and that here or
there.

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 1:11 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think it has bon translated and published that way too....
> also as Theses on History.
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 1:10 PM ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On the Philosophy of History?
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 5:08 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > The most famous fragment, which lies at the heart of the work, was inspired
>> > by Paul Klee’s painting *Angelus Novus*, which Benjamin received from
>> > Scholem, who gave it to him with a poem titled: “Greetings from the Angelus
>> > on July 15.” The painting accompanied Benjamin for some 20 years of his
>> > life, and, as he describes it, pictures the angel of history being blown
>> > backward into the future by the forces of progress piling ruins at his feet.
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