An essay by this man which compares the work of surgeons and magicians asserts that the change in the mode of art's proliferation damages art pieces' auras.
This thinker's depression at his poor reception in France is described in Pierre Missac's book about this thinker's Passages. An essay by this thinker describes a shift from a "reactionary attitude" to one characterised by the "direct, intimate fusion of visual and emotional enjoyment" with expertise. This man his described plans for a "truly exceptional book about hashish" to his close friend Gershom Scholem. The epilogue of an essay by this man echoes Marinetti in claiming that "all efforts to render politics aesthetic" result in war. (*) Hannah Arendt wrote the introduction for a collection of this thinker's writings titled Illuminations. An essay by this man which compares the work of surgeons and magicians asserts that the change in the mode of art's proliferation damages art pieces' auras. For 10 points, name this author of "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
This thinker's depression at his poor reception in France is described in Pierre Missac's book about this thinker's Passages.
Walter Benjamin