The Hunchback Dwarf who Does not Smoke (or the Benjaminian ‘Theology’ against the Opium of Progress). Reflections on the First Thesis about History
This article contains reflections on the relationship between philosophy and theology (between historical materialism and redemption) in the “Theses on the Philosophy of History” by Walter Benjamin, specifically about the chessplayer automaton allegory in the first thesis. The ideology of progress...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY |
| Repository: | En-claves del pensamiento |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx:article/13 |
| Online Access: | https://www.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx/index.php/enclaves/article/view/13 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Walter Benjamin Theology historical materialism messianism Progress teología materialismo histórico mesianismo progreso |
| Summary: | This article contains reflections on the relationship between philosophy and theology (between historical materialism and redemption) in the “Theses on the Philosophy of History” by Walter Benjamin, specifically about the chessplayer automaton allegory in the first thesis. The ideology of progress is presented as the “opium” of historical materialism. |
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