Arnold Hauser, Walter Benjamin and the mythologization of history

There are conspicuous parallelisms —and symmetries— between the scholarly fates of Walter Benjamin and Arnold Hauser. While the first failed to attain any sort of success during his lifetime, the latter s instant widespread diffusion went hand in hand with an ambiguous academic reception. However, i...

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Main Author: César Saldaña Puerto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/saldana.pdf