ISBN:
9780804741163
,
9780804741170
Language:
English
Pages:
193 p
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
Cultural memory in the present
Uniform Title:
Ange de l'histoire. 〈engl.〉
DDC:
901
Keywords:
Rosenzweig, Franz
;
Benjamin, Walter
;
Scholem, Gershom
;
History Philosophy
;
Jewish philosophy History 20th century
;
Rosenzweig, Franz 1886-1929
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Geschichtsphilosophie
;
Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
;
Scholem, Gershom 1897-1982
Abstract:
Franz Rosenzweig : the other side of the West -- Dissimilation -- Hegel taken literally -- Utopia and redemption -- Walter Benjamin : the three models of history -- Metaphors of origin : ideas, names, stars -- The Aesthetic model -- The angel of history -- Gershem Scholem : the secret history -- The paradoxes of messianism -- Kafka, Freud, and the crisis of tradition -- Language and secularization
Description / Table of Contents:
Franz Rosenzweig : the other side of the West -- Dissimilation -- Hegel taken literally -- Utopia and redemption -- Walter Benjamin : the three models of history -- Metaphors of origin : ideas, names, stars -- The Aesthetic model -- The angel of history -- Gershem Scholem : the secret history -- The paradoxes of messianism -- Kafka, Freud, and the crisis of tradition -- Language and secularization.
Note:
"Originally published in French in 1992 under the title L'Ange de l'histoire: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem 1992, Editions du Seuil
,
Includes bibliographical references
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25219
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