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Articles

Spazi per pensare. Topografia e immagine in Warburg e Benjamin

Published 2012-05-15

Keywords

  • Warburg,
  • Benjamin,
  • Topography

How to Cite

Kirchmayr, R. (2012). Spazi per pensare. Topografia e immagine in Warburg e Benjamin. Aisthesis. Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi dell’estetico, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-11011

Abstract

In the context of the late modernity, both Warburg and Benjamin put themselves on a borderline position. From that point of view, they show a common methodological and heuristic issue, consisting in creating “spaces for thinking” (Denkräume) from where it would be possible to redraw in a newly conceived “topography” the metaphysical maps by means of which we have represented our world. This kind of critical operation requires a different focus on the relathionships between writing and image, space and time, and it cannot be separated from an experience (even in a biographical sense) of “ownness” and “extraneity”. Thanks to this experience, the event of discovery outlines itself as an act of remembrance and, at the same time, as a promise for the future.

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