Beyond the Fragment

Authors

  • Luca Di Viesto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2239-5474/9211

Keywords:

Lukács, Benjamin, Adorno, fragment, particulars, essay, form, truth, system, mimesis

Abstract

This article intends to briefly analyze the characteristics that the form of the essay assumes in György Lukács, Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno’s thought. I focused on one single point: the central function that the essay acquires within the relations between particulars and system. The results are particularly interesting since, in the face of a substantial agreement on initial diagnosis, the three autors propose very different solutions: Lukács intends the form of the essay as the only possible way to overcome the fracture between world and totality; on the contrary, Adorno intends that same form as the only form adequate to express the insurmountability of the fracture; finally, Benjamin tries to keep both sides togheter: the autonomy of the trascendent and the salvation of the immanent.

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Published

2017-11-08

How to Cite

Di Viesto, L. (2017). Beyond the Fragment. Nóema, (8-1). https://doi.org/10.13130/2239-5474/9211

Issue

No. 8-1 (2017): The tools of philosophical work

Section

Papers

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