A Better Tomorrow

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

• Episode: A Better Tomorrow
• Website: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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• Duration: 00:21:30
• Published: 2014-05-18 01:56

This week we examine the legacy of The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin. Media Theorist and Benjamin scholar (and translator) Thomas Levin explains why this essay resonates today and what Benjamin has to tell us about the utopian power of new media. Also Russell Meyer tells us about the Wu-Tang clan's plan to release a sole copy of their new album and why he has turned to Kickstarter so he can buy it and release it to the world. And your host shares an imaginary story about Hitler and Goebbels encountering Benjamin's essay during their final days in the bunker.