The woman metaphor: imagination and creation in Walter Benjamin

Starting from the interpretive direction indicated by Arendt, which emphasizes the role of metaphor in Walter Benjamin's thought, this article examines a metaphorical complex in particular: one that links a series of female images to the faculty to produce images. Such metaphorical configuratio...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Lavelle , Patrícia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repository:Artefilosofia
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:pp.www.periodicos.ufop.br:article/4498
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/4498
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:metaphor
imagination
creation
images of women
Walter Benjamin
metáfora
imaginação
criação
imagens das mulheres
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Summary:Starting from the interpretive direction indicated by Arendt, which emphasizes the role of metaphor in Walter Benjamin's thought, this article examines a metaphorical complex in particular: one that links a series of female images to the faculty to produce images. Such metaphorical configurations, which refer to neo-kantian sources of Benjamin's thought, stand out in Berlin's childhood around 1900, and in “After conclusion”, a short prose that presents artistic creation in an erotic metaphor.