German social theory
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin

Marxist and neo-Marxist theory
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin
type: Concept
broader: Marxist and neo-Marxist theory
broader: key people in urban studies
broader: key people in social theory
broader: key people in consumer culture
broader: German social theory
broader: cultural theory
definition: Walter Benjamin's contribution to the discipline of anthropology is perhaps, given the content and scope of this volume, comparatively large. This is not because Benjamin (1892–1940) was an anthropologist by training or by academic association in any recognizable way, nor is it because his Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings, 1972–1989) addresses the profession of anthropology in any systematic, historical, critical, or even occasional way. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Benjamin, Walter]

people
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type: ConceptGroup
member: Walter Benjamin

cultural theory
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin

key people in consumer culture
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin

key people in social theory
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin

key people in urban studies
type: Concept
narrower: Walter Benjamin