Walter Benjamin and his lesson of a history “in a contrary way” Walter Benjamin y las lecciones de una historia vista a “contrapelo”

This article is a commentary to the Walter Benjamin’s essay, popularly known as the ‘Thesis about the Philosophy of History’. This commentary tries to show the main lessons of this brilliant methodological essay, to the most contemporary historiography of to...

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Main Author: Carlos Aguirre Rojas
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2010-05-01
Series:Diálogos
Online Access:http://www.uem.br/dialogos/index.php?journal=ojs&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=249
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Summary:This article is a commentary to the Walter Benjamin&amp;rsquo;s essay, popularly known as the &amp;lsquo;Thesis about the Philosophy of History&amp;rsquo;. This commentary tries to show the main lessons of this brilliant methodological essay, to the most contemporary historiography of today. Particularly, the article developes the intellectual consequences to conceive the history &amp;lsquo;in a contrary way&amp;rsquo;.<br>Este artigo &amp;eacute; um coment&amp;aacute;rio ao importante ensaio de Walter Benjamin, popularmente conhecido como &amp;ldquo;Teses sobre a Filosofia da Hist&amp;oacute;ria". Nele, busca-se tornar expl&amp;iacute;citas as principais li&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es gerais que, para a historiografia atual, derivam desta brilhante reflex&amp;atilde;o metodol&amp;oacute;gica, e em particular aquelas que se vinculam &amp;agrave; id&amp;eacute;ia de conceber a hist&amp;oacute;ria "a contrapelo".
ISSN:1415-9945
2177-2940