History, melancholy and allegory in Walter Benjamin

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https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74175

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Walter Benjamin, History, Melancholy, Allegory

Abstract

It was the perception of a violent historical process, of which he was a victim, which led Benjamin to define his melancholy profile, which certainly constitutes a form of resistance to authoritarian ideological postures. Thus, it is the establishment of certain resistances to power that makes his theses oscillate between darkness and light. In other words: knowledge of the true historical events can be a determining factor in articulating struggles for freedom.

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Author Biography

Lizandro Carlos Calegari, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS

Doutorado e p´os-doutorado em Letras na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

References

BENJAMIN, Walter. Origem do drama barroco alemão. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 1984.

BENJAMIN, Walter. Sobre o conceito da história. In: ____. Magia e técnica, arte e política. São Paulo: Brasiliense S. A., 1985.

GUARDINI, Romano. De la mélancolia. Paris: Seuil, 1953.

HOBSBAWN, Eric. A era dos extremos. O breve século XX. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1995.

LAGES, Susana Kampff. Walter Benjamin: tradução e melancolia. São Paulo: Edusp, 2002.

Published

2004-07-01

How to Cite

Calegari, L. C. (2004). History, melancholy and allegory in Walter Benjamin. Literatura E Autoritarismo, (4). https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74175

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