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	Podcast:		Thinking Allowed
	Episode:		Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:28:08
	Publish Date:		2013-08-28 11:05:00
	Description:		What is the value of forgotten histories, of possibilities not realised? What can a quite amble down a backstreet tell us about the nature of modernity? How has technology affected the nature and purpose of art? In the mid-twentieth century Walter Benjamin explored all these questions and brought Marxist thinking to high culture, exploring people's relationship to objects and art. His influence is probably felt now more than ever. Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work of this pioneering German intellectual and theorist. He's joined by the philosopher Jonathan Ree and the professor of political aesthetics, Esther Leslie. Revised repeat Producer: Charlie Taylor
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