The idea of history
The article explains how Walter Benjamin presents, as clearly as did Paul Klee in his Angelus Novus, human history as it vacillates between the different concepts. It analyses the polarity of the concept of history as an environment where redemption is possible. It sustains that Benjamin envisions t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES |
| Repositorio: | Caleidoscopio |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/373 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/373 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | concept of history progress redemption Walter Benjamin concepto de historia progreso redención |
| Sumario: | The article explains how Walter Benjamin presents, as clearly as did Paul Klee in his Angelus Novus, human history as it vacillates between the different concepts. It analyses the polarity of the concept of history as an environment where redemption is possible. It sustains that Benjamin envisions the idea of history as a way to fracture the myth of progress and the concept of linear temporality. Supported by the thoughts of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, this member of the Frankfurt School proposes the idea of time as an experience that allows the past to go beyond itself, conserved in actions and in works that suspend time, therefore permitting the perception of the throbbing desire for redemption. |
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