Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times

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Autor(a) principal: Pinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Sociedade e Estado
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/28003
Resumo: When we talk about the relationship between Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) the friendship is always remembered. The philosopher Hans Jonas - Arendt's friend since they were classmates at the University in Marburg and Heidegger’s students ”“ in the tributes paid on the occasion of her death, highlighted her vocation for friendship. According to him, what moved her was the Eros of friendship (Eros der Freundschaft).  Among her closest friends, there was Walter Benjamin, with whom she was familiar during the exile in Paris, in the years from 1936 to 1940. What I would like to show is that friendship as conceived and grown in practice by the two thinkers would be in the center of their life as a moral trace. This paper aims  to broaden the relationship between Arendt and Benjamin in two areas: friendship, built in the situation of Jewish-German refugees philosophers in Paris, and the elective affinities to the concept of History and to the vision of modernity. 
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spelling Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark timesHannah Arendt e Walter Benjamin: Eros da amizade e afinidades eletivas em tempos sombriosHannah ArendtWalter BenjaminexílioEros da amizadeafinidades eletivasHannah ArendtWalter BenjaminexileEros of FriendshipElective AffinitiesWhen we talk about the relationship between Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) the friendship is always remembered. The philosopher Hans Jonas - Arendt's friend since they were classmates at the University in Marburg and Heidegger’s students ”“ in the tributes paid on the occasion of her death, highlighted her vocation for friendship. According to him, what moved her was the Eros of friendship (Eros der Freundschaft).  Among her closest friends, there was Walter Benjamin, with whom she was familiar during the exile in Paris, in the years from 1936 to 1940. What I would like to show is that friendship as conceived and grown in practice by the two thinkers would be in the center of their life as a moral trace. This paper aims  to broaden the relationship between Arendt and Benjamin in two areas: friendship, built in the situation of Jewish-German refugees philosophers in Paris, and the elective affinities to the concept of History and to the vision of modernity. Quando se faz referências às relações entre Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) e Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) a menção sempre lembrada é a da amizade. Nas homenagens prestadas à Hannah Arendt por ocasião de sua morte, o filósofo Hans Jonas ”“ amigo de Arendt desde o tempo que foram colegas na universidade em Marburg e alunos Heidegger ”“ destacou sua vocação para a amizade. Segundo ele, o que a movia era o Eros da amizade (Eros der Freundschaft). Entre os amigos mais próximos incluía-se Walter Benjamin, com quem convivera no exílio em Paris, nos anos de 1936 a 1940. E a amizade como pensada e cultivada na prática pelos dois pensadores situava-se no centro de suas vidas, como laço afetivo e visão de mundo. Este paper aborda a relação entre Arendt e Benjamin em dois âmbitos: a amizade, construída na situação de filósofos judeus-alemães refugiados em Paris, e as afinidades eletivas na concepção da História e da modernidade.Departamento de Sociologia - UnB/SOL2020-11-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/2800310.1590/s0102-6992-202035030007Sociedade e Estado; Vol. 35 No. 03 (2020): Dossiê: Multiplicidade de interpretações do capitalismo contemporâneo; 817-836Sociedade e Estado; Vol. 35 Núm. 03 (2020): Dossiê: Multiplicidade de interpretações do capitalismo contemporâneo; 817-836Sociedade e Estado; v. 35 n. 03 (2020): Dossiê: Multiplicidade de interpretações do capitalismo contemporâneo; 817-8361980-54620102-6992reponame:Sociedade e Estadoinstname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBporhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/28003/28225Copyright (c) 2020 Sociedade e Estadohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca 2021-01-05T19:48:04Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28003Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/oaiportaldeperiodicos@bce.unb.br||revistasol@unb.br1980-54620102-6992opendoar:2021-01-05T19:48:04Sociedade e Estado - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
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Hannah Arendt e Walter Benjamin: Eros da amizade e afinidades eletivas em tempos sombrios
title Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
spellingShingle Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
Pinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca
Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exílio
Eros da amizade
afinidades eletivas
Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exile
Eros of Friendship
Elective Affinities
title_short Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
title_full Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
title_fullStr Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
title_full_unstemmed Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
title_sort Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin: Eros of friendship and elective affinities in dark times
author Pinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca
author_facet Pinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pinheiro Coelho, Maria Francisca
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exílio
Eros da amizade
afinidades eletivas
Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exile
Eros of Friendship
Elective Affinities
topic Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exílio
Eros da amizade
afinidades eletivas
Hannah Arendt
Walter Benjamin
exile
Eros of Friendship
Elective Affinities
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