Name: Hachis (in Spanish)
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Author: Walter Benjamin
ISBN: 9789878413082

Type

Physical Book

Author

Walter Benjamin

Publisher

Ediciones Godot

Year

2020

Language

Spanish

Pages

152

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

13 x 20 cm

ISBN

9789878413082

ISBN13

9789878413082

Edited in

Argentina

Edition No.

Synopsis "Hachis (in Spanish)"

Walter Benjamin persiguió como pocos, o acaso como nadie, ese punto insondable donde las palabras y la experiencia pueden llegar a tocarse. Lo buscó con la persistencia de lo que impulsa el deseo, pero también con la zozobra de lo que se sospecha que puede ser en verdad inalcanzable. Que las palabras y la experiencia puedan llegar a tocarse, vale decir que la experiencia pueda, por fin, de alguna manera, ser dicha: Benjamin presintió esa promesa a veces en cierta zona más o menos mística de la cabalística judía, otras veces en el discurrir sin control consciente de la escritura surrealista, otras veces en la inmediatez palpable de la narración oral, otras veces en la excepcional plasmación literaria de un poeta como Baudelaire.

Y si luego le resulta posible atribuir alguna positividad a los efectos del hachís, no será sino en la escritura (en el trazo material de su escritura) donde cree detectarlos: “¿Acaso una orientación ascendente en la escritura en este último tiempo (a pesar de la frecuente depresión), como nunca antes había visto en mí, se relaciona con el hachís?”.

Walter Benjamin

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Walter Benjamin was a prominent philosopher, literary critic, and art and history theorist born in Berlin, Germany. His work and critical thinking have had a profound influence on 20th century cultural studies.
Benjamin was born into a wealthy Jewish family and grew up in an intellectually stimulating environment. From an early age, he showed an interest in literature, music, and art.
In the 1920s, after serving in the German army during World War I, he joined the Frankfurt School, a circle of German intellectuals and social critics interested in transforming Marxist ideas. There, he met other thinkers like Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer who were major influences on his work and worldview.
Throughout his life, Benjamin was also deeply interested in politics and social issues. During the years of the Weimar Republic, he actively participated in the cultural and literary field. However, the rise of Nazism to power in 1933 forced him to leave Germany. He first went into exile in Paris and after the French occupation, Benjamin tried to escape to Spain to embark towards the United States, but was detained at the French-Spanish border. Faced with the imminent threat of being handed over to the German authorities, the author decided to end his life.

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