German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin ( BEN-yə-min; German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈbɛnjamiːn] ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German-Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist. "The medium is the message," is a famous formula with broad applications that was derived from Benjamin's work by one of his readers.
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