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Walter Benjamin, taiteen toinen tekniikka ja avantgarden kulttuuripolitiikka
Taneli ViitahuhtaAleksi Lohtajasubject
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This article provides a fresh look into Walter Benjamin’s famous essay, “Artwork in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1936). Following Benjamin scholar Esther Leslie, we claim that Benjamin’s lesser-known concept of “second technique” is integral for understanding both the meaning of essay as well as mapping the political and artistic aims of the 1920’s avant-garde movements in general. The article is structured around two cases of avant-garde, both of which are central already for Benjamin, but remain somewhat under-theorized in connection to Benjamin. These are the Soviet constructivist film and the idea of glass construction in Weimar-era German architecture.
 Keywords: Walter Benjamin, second technique of art, avantgarde, film, architecture
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-02 | Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen vuosikirja |