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In roughly which year did Benjamin write "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"?
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- The mid-1930s.
- 1935 to 1936.
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1936 (answers within ±2 count)
Why
1935–36. The date is part of the argument: he was writing as fascist mass spectacle was demonstrating exactly what a detached mass medium could be used for, which is why the essay holds its hope and its alarm together.
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