Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaAgainst the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940)
Based on an original and inventive reading ofWalter Benjamin’s seventh thesis on the concept ofhistory (1940), this article discusses the possibilityand the necessity of a dialectical conceptionof culture. Guided by concrete examples fromLatin American history, the author demonstratesthe timeliness...
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/18578 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49817 |
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| description | Based on an original and inventive reading ofWalter Benjamin’s seventh thesis on the concept ofhistory (1940), this article discusses the possibilityand the necessity of a dialectical conceptionof culture. Guided by concrete examples fromLatin American history, the author demonstratesthe timeliness of the necessity – proclaimedby Benjamin – of “writing history against thegrain,” conceiving it from the point of view of thevanquished, in opposition to the official history of“progress,” whose identification with the dominantclasses hides the utopian ideas inscribed in thestruggles of the oppressed, past and the present. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO498172022-03-17T18:04:09Z Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) “A contrapelo”. A concepção dialética da cultura nas teses de Walter Benjamin (1940) Löwy, Michael Walter Benjamin cultural dialectic History against the grain tradition of the oppressed Walter Benjamin Dialética da cultura História a contrapelo tradição dos oprimidos Based on an original and inventive reading ofWalter Benjamin’s seventh thesis on the concept ofhistory (1940), this article discusses the possibilityand the necessity of a dialectical conceptionof culture. Guided by concrete examples fromLatin American history, the author demonstratesthe timeliness of the necessity – proclaimedby Benjamin – of “writing history against thegrain,” conceiving it from the point of view of thevanquished, in opposition to the official history of“progress,” whose identification with the dominantclasses hides the utopian ideas inscribed in thestruggles of the oppressed, past and the present. A partir de uma leitura original e inventiva da VII tese sobre o conceito de história (1940), deWalter Benjamin, o objetivo principal deste artigo é debater a possibilidade e a necessidadede uma concepção dialética da cultura. Inspirando-se em exemplos concretos da histórialatino-americana, o autor demonstra a atualidade da necessidade – proclamada por Benjamin– de “escovar a história a contrapelo”, concebendo-a do ponto de vista dos vencidos, emoposição à história oficial do “progresso”, cuja identificação com as classes dominantes ocultao excedente utópico inscrito nas lutas dos oprimidos do passado e do presente. 2011-06-19 2022-03-17T18:04:09Z 2022-03-17T18:04:09Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/18578 10.23925/ls.v0i25-26.18578 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49817 por https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/18578/13779 application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo Lutas Sociais; n. 25-26 (2011): Lutas operárias e populares. Especial: Comuna de Paris; 20-28 2526-3706 1415-854X 10.23925/ls.v0i25-26 |
| spellingShingle | Walter Benjamin cultural dialectic History against the grain tradition of the oppressed Walter Benjamin Dialética da cultura História a contrapelo tradição dos oprimidos Löwy, Michael Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title | Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title_full | Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title_fullStr | Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title_short | Against the grain: The dialectical conception of culture in the theses of Walter Benjamin (1940) |
| title_sort | against the grain: the dialectical conception of culture in the theses of walter benjamin (1940) |
| topic | Walter Benjamin cultural dialectic History against the grain tradition of the oppressed Walter Benjamin Dialética da cultura História a contrapelo tradição dos oprimidos |
| url | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/18578 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49817 |