Walter Benjamin: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Julian Roberts, Walter Benjamin (1982); Momme Brodersen, Walter Benjamin, trans. from German (1996); Bernd Witte, Walter Benjamin: An Intellectual Biography, trans. from German (1991); Graeme Gilloch, Walter Benjamin: Critical Constellations (2002); Richard J. Lane, Reading Walter Benjamin (2005).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: BBC Sounds - In Our Time - Walter Benjamin. Sep 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Walter Benjamin (1892�1940). Apr 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Walter Benjamin: The Concept of Criticism, the Critique of Capitalism (PDF). Feb 17, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - In Our Time - Walter Benjamin. Dec 27, 2024
Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - "Even the Dead Won't Be Safe": Walter Benjamin's Final Journey. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Library - Journal of the Western Society for French History - Walter Benjamin on the French Exile of German Men of Letters. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Philosophers - Walter Benjamin. Jun 05, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Harvard University Press - Walter Benjamin—Philosopher, Cultural Critic, and Essayist. Oct 06, 2023
Add new Web site: The Art Story - Walter Benjamin. Apr 24, 2020
Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Walter Benjamin. Aug 01, 2014
Bibliography revised. May 24, 2007
Article revised and updated. May 24, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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