本雅明

Běnyǎmíng

proper noun

Meanings

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

About Walter Benjamin

1892–1940 · 思想家 thinker

German Jewish critic and philosopher whose essay 《机械复制时代的艺术作品》 argues that mass copies strip art of its "aura". He took his own life in 1940 while fleeing the Nazis.

Also called 瓦尔特·本雅明、班雅明

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

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.

HSK 7-9

中国学界对本雅明一直很有兴趣。

Zhōngguó xuéjiè duì Běnyǎmíng yìzhí hěn yǒu xìngqù.

Chinese academia has always been very interested in Benjamin.

Tips

usage

Chinese has no settled word for his 'aura': you will meet 灵韵, 灵晕, 灵光 and 光韵, the first two pronounced exactly alike.

Stroke Order

本 běn

雅 yǎ

明 míng

本雅明