Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.

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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Autor principal: Taccetta, Natalia
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2023
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Walter Benjamin; Melancholy; Pain; History; Archive
Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo
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spelling I28-R247-article-129782023-08-31T17:57:37Z Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History. Dolor y melancolía en el concepto de historia. Taccetta, Natalia Walter Benjamin; Melancholy; Pain; History; Archive Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo 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. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2023-06-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/12978 10.34096/cf.n78.12978 Cuadernos de filosofía; Núm. 78 (2022): Enero-Junio 2362-485X 0590-1901 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CdF/article/view/12978/11757 Derechos de autor 2023 Cuadernos de filosofía
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topic Walter Benjamin; Melancholy; Pain; History; Archive
Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo
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Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo
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Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.
topic_facet Walter Benjamin; Melancholy; Pain; History; Archive
Walter Benjamin; melancolía; dolor; historia; archivo
author Taccetta, Natalia
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title Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.
title_short Pain and Melancholy in the Concept of History.
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description 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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