An anarchist conjuration. The Benjamin-Bataille meeting and the critique of left-wing progressism
The article explores the theoretical complicities between the thought of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille. Taking as a starting point the anecdote of the Book of Passages, according to which Benjamin would have entrusted this manuscript to the care of Bataille, questions are raised about the pos...
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I10-R333-article-397592022-12-19T12:37:11Z An anarchist conjuration. The Benjamin-Bataille meeting and the critique of left-wing progressism Una conjura anarquista. El encuentro Benjamin-Bataille y la crítica al progresismo de izquierda Teruel, Andrea marxism dialectics revolution progress Marxismo dialéctica revolución progreso The article explores the theoretical complicities between the thought of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille. Taking as a starting point the anecdote of the Book of Passages, according to which Benjamin would have entrusted this manuscript to the care of Bataille, questions are raised about the possible link between the two thinkers. The relationship that both authors maintained with the leftist political thought of the time and the way in which their revolutionary conceptions distance themselves from orthodox Marxism and dialectical materialism are particularly problematized. In this way, through an analysis of Benjamin's gothic Marxism and Bataille's cursed materialism, an anarchist political trait common to both is noted, which leads to a critique of left-wing progressivism with Soviet roots. El artículo se propone explorar las complicidades teóricas entre el pensamiento de Walter Benjamin y Georges Bataille. Tomando como punto de partida la anécdota del Libro de los pasajes, según la cual Benjamin habría confiado dicho manuscrito al cuidado de Bataille, se despliegan interrogantes sobre el vínculo posible entre ambos pensadores. Se problematiza particularmente la relación que los autores mantuvieron con el pensamiento político de izquierda de la época y la forma en que sus concepciones revolucionarias se distancian del marxismo ortodoxo y del materialismo dialéctico. De este modo, mediante un análisis del marxismo gótico de Benjamin y del materialismo maldito de Bataille se advierte un rasgo político anarquizante común a ambos que deriva en una crítica al progresismo de izquierda de raigambre soviética. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2022-12-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Scientific articles Artículos científicos application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/39759 Heterotopías; Vol. 5 No. 10 (2022): River matter. Aesthetic-political configurations of American watersheds.; 279-293 Heterotopías; Vol. 5 Núm. 10 (2022): Materia fluvial. Configuraciones estético-políticas de las cuencas de América; 279-293 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/39759/39888 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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The article explores the theoretical complicities between the thought of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille. Taking as a starting point the anecdote of the Book of Passages, according to which Benjamin would have entrusted this manuscript to the care of Bataille, questions are raised about the possible link between the two thinkers. The relationship that both authors maintained with the leftist political thought of the time and the way in which their revolutionary conceptions distance themselves from orthodox Marxism and dialectical materialism are particularly problematized. In this way, through an analysis of Benjamin's gothic Marxism and Bataille's cursed materialism, an anarchist political trait common to both is noted, which leads to a critique of left-wing progressivism with Soviet roots. |
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