Benjamin, Thesis on (the Philosophy of ) History and Historiography Bora Erdağı, Mehmet Evren Dinçer Departing from Walter Benjamin‘s prominent work Theses on History, this article evaluates his contribution to historiography. In order for this task to be accomplished, the authors have preferred directly to focus on Benjamin himself, rather than engaging with the huge literature on the thinker. With a historical materialist perspective, Benjamin considered reviving the tradition of the oppressed to be the major obstacle in front of “the continuation of the defeat of the oppressed”. Benjamin resorted to all his linguistic and cultural build-up so as to convey this thought of his. The very intensity of his writings has resulted in a huge literature of comments and writings on Theses and these comments have taken various directions. Thus; Benjamin’s references and observations in Theses have been discussed by taking his own corpus into consideration. This method has facilitated to reveal Theses’ significance with regard to its place in historiography; because Benjamin has managed to expose the reconciliation of everyday life experiences and historical materialism.