Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 4: 1938-1940

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by  Walter Benjamin, H. Eiland, M. W. Jennings (eds.)

selected writings
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Vol.ume 4, 1938-1940

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Contents
FRUITSOF EXIEL,1 938 (PAR2T)
TheP ariosft heS econEdm pirienB audelai3 re
Blanqu9i3
TheS tudBye giwnist Sho meR eflectioonnt sh eI nfluenocfLe e sF leurs
dum a! 95
Exchanwgiet Thh eodoWr. A dornoon " TheP ariosft heS econEdm pire
inB audelai9r9e "
Revieowf R enevilElxep'esr iepnoceet iq1u1e6
Revieowf F reundP'hso tograepnhF irea nacued ix-neuvsiieemcel1 2e0
RevieowfF rancesMcaoc'hsdt e sC harlat1a2n3s
A ChroniocflG ee rmanyU'nse mploye1d26
A Noveolf G ermaJne ws1 35
THEORYO F REMEMBRANCE,1 939
RevieowfH onigswaPlhdi'ls osoupnhdiS ep rach1e39
RevieowfS ternberPgaenro'rsa m1a4 5
RevieowfB eguiAnm'esr omantieqtlu eer eve1 53
Noteo nB rech1t5 9
CentrPaalr k1 61
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Exchanwgiet Thh eodoWr. A dornoon " TheF laneuSre"c tioofn
"TheP arist hoeSf e conEdm pirienB audelai2r0e0"
CommentaornyP oembs yB rech2t1 5
TheW orko fA rti nt heA geo fI tTse chnologRiecparlo ducibility:
ThirVde rsio2n51
Germanosf1 789 284
WhatI st heE piTch eate(rI?I 3)0 2
MATERIALTIHSETO LOG,Y 1940
On SomeM otifisnB audelai31r3e
"TheR egressoifPo one trbyy,C "a rGlu staJvo chman3n5 6
CurricuVliutma (eV ID)r:.W alteBre njami3n8 1
On Scheerba38r6t
On theC oncepotfH istor3y8 9
Paralipomteo"n Oan t heC oncepotfH istory40"1
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A Noteo nt hTee xts4 25
Chronolo4g2y7
LisotfW ritinignVs o lume1s- 4 448
Index4 65
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