Rethinking the past – recovering the future: history, memory and redemption in Walter Benjamin’s philosophy
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The article analyzes the critique made by Walter Benjamin against the traditional method of historical research in the modern age. It intends to be a systematic and specific discussion of the concepts of history, experience and tradition in Benjamin’s essay On the Concept of History (a.k.a. Theses on the Philosophy of History). It also intends to recover some philosophical problems adjacent to the field of historical research, such as the relation between man and time, language and politics (considering the Marxist idea of class struggle).
Key words: history, memory, redemption, method, revolution.Downloads
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