Revolution and (Criticism of) Progress: The Contemporary Eco-Socialism of Walter Benjamin
Beginning in the mid-1970s the emergence of the ecological crisis imposed new challenges on Marxism. Since then, the construction of a socialist and ecological perspective has been connected to the necessity of a reinvigoration of the Marxist criticism of “progress” and the modern capitalist civiliz...
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Lutas Sociais. ISSN 1415-854X
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/18932 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-027&d=article18932oai |
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| Sumario: | Beginning in the mid-1970s the emergence of the ecological crisis imposed new challenges on Marxism. Since then, the construction of a socialist and ecological perspective has been connected to the necessity of a reinvigoration of the Marxist criticism of “progress” and the modern capitalist civilizing model. Taking that basic premise as a point of departure, the objective of this article is to underscore the importance of Walter Benjamin – especially his radical criticism of progress and modernity and his conception of social revolution as an interruption of historical continuity – for the contemporary constitution of an ecological Marxist or, better yet, an eco-socialist perspective. |
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