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Who influenced Walter Benjamin?

  • Karl Marx

    German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

    Influenced 95

    Influenced by 3

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 8

  • Charles Baudelaire

    French poet and critic (1821–1867)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 8

  • Bertolt Brecht

    German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 0

  • Georg Lukács

    marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Walter Benjamin?

  • Jacques Derrida

    French philosopher (1930–2004)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 19

  • Hannah Arendt

    German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 22

  • Theodor W. Adorno

    German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 5

  • Slavoj Žižek

    Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 22

  • Jean Baudrillard

    French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 10

  • Fredric Jameson

    American academic and literary critic (born 1934)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 17

  • Byung-Chul Han

    German philosopher of South Korean origin

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Josep Fontana

    Spanish historian

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Asja Lācis

    Latvian actor and theatre director

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Beatriz Sarlo

    Argentine writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Bob Black

    American anarchist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 14

  • Giorgio Agamben

    Italian philosopher (b. 1942)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Juan Mayorga

    Spanish playwright, theater artistic director, philosopher and professor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Norbert Bolz

    German philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Pedro María Egea Bruno

    Spanish historian and university professor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Pierre Mouterde

    Canadian sociologist, essayist and journalist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2