Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.: Benjaminian thought on the horizon of the archive
This article starts by arguing that Walter Benjamin's concept of history puts the pain at the center of the scene, not to configure a learning experience or to settle for remembrance, but to underline the state of debt to the past and to show that only in these terms does reflection on politica...
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I28-R145-12978_oai2025-11-17 Taccetta, Natalia 2023-06-06 This article starts by arguing that Walter Benjamin's concept of history puts the pain at the center of the scene, not to configure a learning experience or to settle for remembrance, but to underline the state of debt to the past and to show that only in these terms does reflection on political action make sense. The attention to the pain of the vanquished is articulated in Benjamin with an affection that flies over his entire theoretical production -and also his life- such as the melancholy for the truncated past. In this way, pain and melancholy become the conditions for the possibility of the understanding of history. Likewise, in a context such as the current one that has been called the era of the archive, in which the collection and the techniques and policies of archiving and declassification seem to be unavoidable devices of the thought of history, it becomes central to inquire about the way in which pain and melancholy deepen the experience and are the privileged vectors of its knowledge. Este artículo parte de sostener que el concepto de historia de Walter Benjamin pone en el centro de la escena el dolor padecido, no para configurar una experiencia de aprendizaje ni para conformarse con la rememoración, sino para subrayar el estado de deuda para con el pasado y evidenciar que solo en estos términos tiene sentido la reflexión sobre la acción política. La atención al dolor de los vencidos se articula en Benjamin con un afecto que sobrevuela toda su producción teórica –y también su vida- como es la melancolía por el pasado truncado. De este modo, dolor y melancolía se convierten en las condiciones de posibilidad de la comprensión de la historia. Asimismo, en un contexto como el actual que se ha dado en llamar la era del archivo, en el que la colección y las técnicas y políticas de archivación y desclasificación parecen ser dispositivos ineludibles del pensamiento de la historia, se vuelve central indagar sobre el modo en que el dolor y la melancolía profundizan la experiencia y son los vectores privilegiados de su conocimiento. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/12978 10.34096/cf.n78.12978 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/12978/11757 Derechos de autor 2023 Cuadernos de filosofía Cuadernos de filosofía; Núm. 78 (2022): Enero-Junio 2362-485X 0590-1901 Walter Benjamin; Melancholy; Pain; History; Archive Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.: Benjaminian thought on the horizon of the archive Dolor y melancolía en el concepto de historia. : El pensamiento benjaminiano en el horizonte del archivo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cufilo&d=12978_oai |
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This article starts by arguing that Walter Benjamin's concept of history puts the pain at the center of the scene, not to configure a learning experience or to settle for remembrance, but to underline the state of debt to the past and to show that only in these terms does reflection on political action make sense. The attention to the pain of the vanquished is articulated in Benjamin with an affection that flies over his entire theoretical production -and also his life- such as the melancholy for the truncated past. In this way, pain and melancholy become the conditions for the possibility of the understanding of history.
Likewise, in a context such as the current one that has been called the era of the archive, in which the collection and the techniques and policies of archiving and declassification seem to be unavoidable devices of the thought of history, it becomes central to inquire about the way in which pain and melancholy deepen the experience and are the privileged vectors of its knowledge. |
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Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.: Benjaminian thought on the horizon of the archive |
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