The Arcades Project
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The Arcades Project is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus that assembles notes and reflections on 19th-century Parisian arcades to explore modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
All labels observed (2)
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| The Arcades Project canonical | 7 |
| The Arcades Project (English translation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Arcades Project Context triple: [Walter Benjamin, notableWork, The Arcades Project]
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Minima Moralia
Minima Moralia is a collection of aphoristic reflections by Theodor W. Adorno that critically examines everyday life, culture, and morality in the context of late capitalism and postwar society.
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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The Archaeology of Knowledge
The Archaeology of Knowledge is a 1969 methodological work by French philosopher Michel Foucault that analyzes how systems of thought and knowledge are historically structured and transformed.
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Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus is a satirical, philosophical novel by Thomas Carlyle that explores the nature of clothes as a metaphor for social institutions and human beliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Arcades Project Target entity description: The Arcades Project is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus that assembles notes and reflections on 19th-century Parisian arcades to explore modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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A.
Minima Moralia
Minima Moralia is a collection of aphoristic reflections by Theodor W. Adorno that critically examines everyday life, culture, and morality in the context of late capitalism and postwar society.
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B.
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment is a seminal 1947 philosophical work by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer that critiques how Enlightenment rationality can lead to new forms of domination and barbarism in modern society.
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C.
Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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D.
The Archaeology of Knowledge
The Archaeology of Knowledge is a 1969 methodological work by French philosopher Michel Foucault that analyzes how systems of thought and knowledge are historically structured and transformed.
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E.
Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus is a satirical, philosophical novel by Thomas Carlyle that explores the nature of clothes as a metaphor for social institutions and human beliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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literary work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ unfinished work ⓘ |
| author | Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| describedAs | Walter Benjamin's magnum opus ⓘ |
| editorOfGermanEdition | Rolf Tiedemann ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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cultural criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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literary criticism ⓘ media theory ⓘ urban theory ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
19th-century Paris
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Parisian arcades ⓘ architecture ⓘ bourgeois culture ⓘ capitalism ⓘ commodity fetishism ⓘ flâneur ⓘ history ⓘ mass culture ⓘ modernity ⓘ technology ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
allegory
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dialectical image ⓘ dreamworlds of capitalism ⓘ phantasmagoria ⓘ ruins of history ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Das Passagen-Werk ⓘ |
| posthumousPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| structure |
collection of notes
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collection of quotations ⓘ thematic convolutes ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 19th century ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish |
Howard Eiland
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Kevin McLaughlin ⓘ |
| workOnItBegan | 1927 ⓘ |
| workOnItEnded | 1940 ⓘ |
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The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project
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linked to: The Arcades Project