本雅明

Běnyǎmíng

popculture

Meanings

1 Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic, Frankfurt School-associated thinker, author of 《机械复制时代的艺术作品》

Characters

root, origin; (transliteration syllable)

elegant; (transliteration syllable)

bright; (transliteration syllable)

Examples

本雅明研究过机械复制时代的艺术。

Běnyǎmíng yánjiū guo jīxiè fùzhì shídài de yìshù.

Benjamin studied art in the age of mechanical reproduction.

中国学界对本雅明一直很有兴趣。

Zhōngguó xuéjiè duì Běnyǎmíng yīzhí hěn yǒu xìngqù.

Chinese academia has always been very interested in Benjamin.

Tips

culture

本雅明 fled the Nazis through Spain in 1940 and, blocked at the Franco-Spanish border, took his own life. His concept of 'aura' (灵光) in art and his figure of the 'flâneur' (闲逛者) are staples of Chinese cultural-studies courses.

Stroke Order

本 běn

雅 yǎ

明 míng