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Walter Benjamin and the architecture of history. / Gilloch, Graeme.
In: Telos, Vol. 1992, No. 91, 03.1992, p. 165-173.

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Gilloch G. Walter Benjamin and the architecture of history. Telos. 1992 Mar;1992(91):165-173. doi: 10.3817/0392091165

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Gilloch, Graeme. / Walter Benjamin and the architecture of history. In: Telos. 1992 ; Vol. 1992, No. 91. pp. 165-173.

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