History, melancholy and allegory in Walter Benjamin

It was the perception of a violent historical process, of which he was a victim, which led Benjamin to define his melancholy profile, which certainly constitutes a form of resistance to authoritarian ideological postures. Thus, it is the establishment of certain resistances to power that makes his t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Calegari, Lizandro Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Literatura e Autoritarismo
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/74175
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/74175
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Walter Benjamin
História
Melancolia
Alegoria
History
Melancholy
Allegory
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Sumario:It was the perception of a violent historical process, of which he was a victim, which led Benjamin to define his melancholy profile, which certainly constitutes a form of resistance to authoritarian ideological postures. Thus, it is the establishment of certain resistances to power that makes his theses oscillate between darkness and light. In other words: knowledge of the true historical events can be a determining factor in articulating struggles for freedom.