Technical ambivalence and the end of history

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Autor(a) principal: Fantinato, Manuela
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Duarte, Pedro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Artefilosofia
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/1907
Resumo: The examples of Walter Benjamin and Vilém Flusser allow us to tell the difficult history of the 20thcentury, although in two different parts. Benjamin denounces the ambivalence of modern history that revealed us that the cultural process it produced also led to barbarism, and it did so through the technique of which the astonishment would be the concentration camps – rationally planned and carried out. This acknowledgment would imply abandoning the ideology of automatic progress of humanity and the future that comes with it. Benjamin also pointed out the importance of “brushing history against the grain” to uncover revealing fragments of the past. Flusser, who arrived in Brazil in 1940, the same year that Benjamin committed suicide in Europe, is one step ahead in this challenge. For him, it is no longer possible to operate in the historical culture as the modern conception of history proved unsustainable. By analyzing technological devices, he could diagnose a post-history, in which writing gives space to images. For him, the second half of the 20thcentury needs to respond to a world filled with technical images, which could only be done through a fragmented and performative thought – what, in a way, meets the essayism of Walter Benjamin. 
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spelling Technical ambivalence and the end of historyA ambivalência da técnica e o fim da históriaHistoryPost-historyTechnicWritingImage.históriapós-históriatécnicaescritaimagemThe examples of Walter Benjamin and Vilém Flusser allow us to tell the difficult history of the 20thcentury, although in two different parts. Benjamin denounces the ambivalence of modern history that revealed us that the cultural process it produced also led to barbarism, and it did so through the technique of which the astonishment would be the concentration camps – rationally planned and carried out. This acknowledgment would imply abandoning the ideology of automatic progress of humanity and the future that comes with it. Benjamin also pointed out the importance of “brushing history against the grain” to uncover revealing fragments of the past. Flusser, who arrived in Brazil in 1940, the same year that Benjamin committed suicide in Europe, is one step ahead in this challenge. For him, it is no longer possible to operate in the historical culture as the modern conception of history proved unsustainable. By analyzing technological devices, he could diagnose a post-history, in which writing gives space to images. For him, the second half of the 20thcentury needs to respond to a world filled with technical images, which could only be done through a fragmented and performative thought – what, in a way, meets the essayism of Walter Benjamin. Walter Benjamin e Vilém Flusser são duas figuras que permitem contar a difícil história do século XX em duas partes. O primeiro denunciou a ambivalência dessa história moderna: o processo cultural produzia também barbárie, e o fazia através da técnica, cujo assombro seriam os campos de concentração racionalmente planejados e efetivados. Isso significava abandonar a ideologia do progresso automático da humanidade e do futuro que nos esperaria. Benjamin assinalou a importância de escovar a história a contrapelo para descobrir, no passado, fragmentos reveladores. Já Flusser, que chega ao Brasil no mesmo ano em que Benjamin se suicida na Europa, 1940, nem mesmo considera possível operar nesse modelo de cultura propriamente histórico. Ele está depois do assombro que desnuda a insustentabilidade da concepção moderna de história. Toma a análise dos aparelhos tecnológicos para diagnosticar uma pós-história, na qual a escrita cede espaço para as imagens. Para ele, a segunda metade do século XX precisa responder a um mundo cheio de imagens técnicas, o que só poderia ser feito através de um pensamento fragmentado e performático – que não deixaria de ter como seu antepassado o ensaísmo de Walter Benjamin.Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto2019-10-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/1907Artefilosofia; v. 14 n. 26 (2019): Dossiê: Vilém Flusser e Walter Benjamin; 161-178Artefilosofia; Vol. 14 No. 26 (2019): Dossiê: Vilém Flusser e Walter Benjamin; 161-1782526-78921809-8274reponame:Artefilosofiainstname:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)instacron:UFOPporhttps://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/1907/3028Copyright (c) 2019 Artefilosofiahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFantinato, ManuelaDuarte, Pedro2021-06-22T13:21:55Zoai:pp.www.periodicos.ufop.br:article/1907Revistahttps://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/PUBhttps://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/oaiartefilosofia.defil@ufop.edu.br || periodicos.sisbin@ufop.edu.br1809-82742526-7892opendoar:2021-06-22T13:21:55Artefilosofia - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Technical ambivalence and the end of history
A ambivalência da técnica e o fim da história
title Technical ambivalence and the end of history
spellingShingle Technical ambivalence and the end of history
Fantinato, Manuela
History
Post-history
Technic
Writing
Image.
história
pós-história
técnica
escrita
imagem
title_short Technical ambivalence and the end of history
title_full Technical ambivalence and the end of history
title_fullStr Technical ambivalence and the end of history
title_full_unstemmed Technical ambivalence and the end of history
title_sort Technical ambivalence and the end of history
author Fantinato, Manuela
author_facet Fantinato, Manuela
Duarte, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Duarte, Pedro
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fantinato, Manuela
Duarte, Pedro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv History
Post-history
Technic
Writing
Image.
história
pós-história
técnica
escrita
imagem
topic History
Post-history
Technic
Writing
Image.
história
pós-história
técnica
escrita
imagem
description The examples of Walter Benjamin and Vilém Flusser allow us to tell the difficult history of the 20thcentury, although in two different parts. Benjamin denounces the ambivalence of modern history that revealed us that the cultural process it produced also led to barbarism, and it did so through the technique of which the astonishment would be the concentration camps – rationally planned and carried out. This acknowledgment would imply abandoning the ideology of automatic progress of humanity and the future that comes with it. Benjamin also pointed out the importance of “brushing history against the grain” to uncover revealing fragments of the past. Flusser, who arrived in Brazil in 1940, the same year that Benjamin committed suicide in Europe, is one step ahead in this challenge. For him, it is no longer possible to operate in the historical culture as the modern conception of history proved unsustainable. By analyzing technological devices, he could diagnose a post-history, in which writing gives space to images. For him, the second half of the 20thcentury needs to respond to a world filled with technical images, which could only be done through a fragmented and performative thought – what, in a way, meets the essayism of Walter Benjamin. 
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