作为西方现代主义文论家,本雅明的思想可谓庞杂博大。本雅明所处的时代,正是工业迅猛发展、艺术机械复制抬头的时代,这个时代遭受着启蒙理性与技术控制的威胁,这使得本雅明积极寻求救赎之道。可以说,对人类、对艺术的“救赎”贯穿着他思想的始终,而他的救赎是从其语言哲学着手的,语言是实现其弥赛亚之道的唯一途径。 As a Western modernist theorist, Benjamin’s thinking is vast and varied. The era in which Benjamin was located was exactly the era in which industry developed rapidly and the art machinery was on the rise. The era was under the threat of enlightenment and technical control, which made Benjamin actively seek the way of salvation. It can be said that for mankind, “redemption ” of art runs through his thought from beginning to end, while his redemption proceeds from his philosophy of language. Language is the only way to realize its Messianic way.