The redemption of the past. On a main motif in Walter Benjamin’s work
The following paper examines Walter Benjamin’s reflection on the category of “redemption”, mainly developed in the theses <em>On the concept of History</em>. To this end, we will try firstly to reconstruct Benjamin’s critique of “fate”, as it unfolds in the twenties on the field of right...
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| Language: | deu |
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/52296 |
| Summary: | The following paper examines Walter Benjamin’s reflection on the category of “redemption”, mainly developed in the theses <em>On the concept of History</em>. To this end, we will try firstly to reconstruct Benjamin’s critique of “fate”, as it unfolds in the twenties on the field of right, economy and, especially, history. The critique of the expiatory logic of “fate” – developed in essays such as <em>Fate and Character</em>, <em>Critique of violence</em> or <em>Capitalism as religion</em> – will then allow us to disclose the “dialectical” structure of redemption, whereby Benjamin mobilizes his previous theory of knowledge against the doctrine of progress. |
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| ISSN: | 0211-2337 1988-2564 |