Walter Benjamin y su lectura del futuro a contrapelo
Benjamin and his contrary reading of the future
Abstract (en)
This article purports to show current problem of virtual media, where
information on the people (social network, e-mail networks, etc.) is
used with the purpose of control and surveillance and convenient
studies in the market and production. This situation is analyzed from
Benjamin and Benjamin’s Marx. Based on the analysis of the category
of superstructure inside capitalism and making a short analysis of arts
and cinema, will be shown the cult for reproducibility, current worship
for progress and the comfort of technology and devices. The text shows
that users feel they can express themselves, but in fact what exists is a
form of control. The possible way out of this problem is to make a democratization
of social networks and eliminate governments’ censorship.
Keywords: Benjamin, Marx, media, capitalism, control, surveillance,
superstructure, arts, cinema, reproducibility, cult of progress,
democratization.
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