DOING JUSTICE

Pablo Oyarzun is one of the foremost Benjamin scholars in Latin America. His writings have shaped the reception of Benjamin's work i n Latin America and have been central to the effort to identify the tasks and responsibilities of the kind of critical theory that w ould interrupt social violence.In this book Oyarzun examines some of the key concepts in Benjamin's work - including his concepts of translation, experience, history and storytelling - and relates them to his own systematic reflection on the nature and implication s of 'do...[Llegir més]