Published
2010-07-01

Emmanuel Lévinas y Walter Benjamin: una reflexión en torno a la noción de historia

EMMANUEL LéVINAS AND WALTER BENjAMIN: A REFLECTION ON THE NOTION OF HISTORY.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15332/s0120-8462.2010.0103.12
María Mercedes Andrade
Universidad de los Andes
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Abstract (en)

This article analyzes some similarities and differences between the works of Emmanuel Lévinas (Totality and Infinity and “Trace of the Other”) and Walter Benjamin (The Arcades Project and “Theses on the Philosophy of History”). It discusses how both authors critique the notion of totality, how they question historicism and its exclusion of alterity, and how both propose a notion of time that breaks with continuity. The article discusses how these
reflections are related with the notion of responsibility towardsh the other.


Key words: Totality and Infinity; “Thesis on the Philosophy of History”; historiography; time; responsibility.

Abstract (es)

Este ensayo analiza algunas semejanzas y diferencias entre la obra de Emmanuel Lévinas (Totalidad e infinito y La huella del otro) y la obra de Walter Benjamin (El libro de los pasajes y ‘Tesis de filosofía de la historia’). Se discute la crítica de ambos autores a la noción de totalidad, su cuestionamiento del historicismo y la exclusión de la alteridad que asocian con él, así como la propuesta de ambos autores de una noción de tiempo que rompa con la continuidad. Se discute de qué manera estas reflexiones se relacionan con la noción de responsabilidad hacia el otro.

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Andrade, M. M. (2010). EMMANUEL LéVINAS AND WALTER BENjAMIN: A REFLECTION ON THE NOTION OF HISTORY. Cuadernos De Filosofía Latinoamericana, 31(103), 153-160. https://doi.org/10.15332/s0120-8462.2010.0103.12

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