Das Passagen-Werk
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Das Passagen-Werk is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus of cultural criticism, exploring 19th-century Parisian arcades as a lens on modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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| Das Passagen-Werk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Das Passagen-Werk Context triple: [The Arcades Project, originalTitle, Das Passagen-Werk]
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Weil im Schönbuch
Weil im Schönbuch is a small municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the edge of the Schönbuch forest.
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Black Cloister, Wittenberg
Black Cloister, Wittenberg was a former Augustinian monastery in Wittenberg that became the home of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora and a central site of the Protestant Reformation.
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Lehr und Kunst
Lehr und Kunst is the German-language motto of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, reflecting its emphasis on the integration of learning and practical application.
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Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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Ouvrage Immerhof
Ouvrage Immerhof is a small Maginot Line fortification near Thionville in northeastern France, built to defend the French border with Germany before World War II.
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- 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: Das Passagen-Werk Target entity description: Das Passagen-Werk is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus of cultural criticism, exploring 19th-century Parisian arcades as a lens on modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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A.
Weil im Schönbuch
Weil im Schönbuch is a small municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the edge of the Schönbuch forest.
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B.
Black Cloister, Wittenberg
Black Cloister, Wittenberg was a former Augustinian monastery in Wittenberg that became the home of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora and a central site of the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Lehr und Kunst
Lehr und Kunst is the German-language motto of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, reflecting its emphasis on the integration of learning and practical application.
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D.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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E.
Ouvrage Immerhof
Ouvrage Immerhof is a small Maginot Line fortification near Thionville in northeastern France, built to defend the French border with Germany before World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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philosophical work ⓘ unfinished work ⓘ work of cultural criticism ⓘ |
| author | Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| basedOn | research on 19th-century Paris ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
allegory
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arcades ⓘ commodity fetishism ⓘ dreamworlds of capitalism ⓘ flâneur ⓘ
linked to:
the flâneur
phantasmagoria ⓘ |
| compositionMethod | literary montage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| editor | Rolf Tiedemann ⓘ |
| form | montage of quotations and notes ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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cultural criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| hasPart | convolutes ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory
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cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Baudelaire
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Georg Simmel ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
19th-century Paris
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Parisian arcades ⓘ capitalism ⓘ modernity ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| movement |
Frankfurt School
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Western Marxism ⓘ historical materialism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
arcades as emblem of modernity
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history as constellation of fragments ⓘ materialist historiography ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Marxist theory
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critical theory ⓘ |
| publicationStatus |
posthumous
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unfinished ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Arcades Project ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1927–1940 ⓘ |
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