The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory
The proposal of this article is to analyze how the concept of truth is conceptualized in Foucault and Benjamin, highlighting the criticism that both make reference to the Platonics. We highlight that in their theories, the concept of truth stops to associate of the idea of essence, passing to acquir...
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| description | The proposal of this article is to analyze how the concept of truth is conceptualized in Foucault and Benjamin, highlighting the criticism that both make reference to the Platonics. We highlight that in their theories, the concept of truth stops to associate of the idea of essence, passing to acquire a historical and contingently character. Moreover, we see that the truth is designed as a production and never as something that is hidden from the beginning and must be appropriately discovered. In Foucault, we focus in several articulations that the concept of truth has with the domains of power and knowledge. In Benjamin, we emphasize how much the author appreciates the multiple meanings that an event may suffer from time to time. Therefore, we examined how far Benjamin is from the absolute truth idea, opting to value the various constellations of truths and knowledge built to be always reinterpreted and never crystallized. Finally, we analyze how our study can contribute to social memory research fields because it can be characterized as a transdisciplinary field that sees its object of study as something procedural. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c247da7218a842f9a54732098c6b74312022-12-22T01:11:26ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaINTERthesis1807-13842017-01-01141415910.5007/1807-1384.2017v14n1p4126357The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memoryRicardo Salztrager0Felipe Teixeira Lourenço1Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJUniversidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJThe proposal of this article is to analyze how the concept of truth is conceptualized in Foucault and Benjamin, highlighting the criticism that both make reference to the Platonics. We highlight that in their theories, the concept of truth stops to associate of the idea of essence, passing to acquire a historical and contingently character. Moreover, we see that the truth is designed as a production and never as something that is hidden from the beginning and must be appropriately discovered. In Foucault, we focus in several articulations that the concept of truth has with the domains of power and knowledge. In Benjamin, we emphasize how much the author appreciates the multiple meanings that an event may suffer from time to time. Therefore, we examined how far Benjamin is from the absolute truth idea, opting to value the various constellations of truths and knowledge built to be always reinterpreted and never crystallized. Finally, we analyze how our study can contribute to social memory research fields because it can be characterized as a transdisciplinary field that sees its object of study as something procedural.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/44764VerdadeFoucaultBenjaminFilosofiaMemória Social |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo Salztrager Felipe Teixeira Lourenço The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory INTERthesis Verdade Foucault Benjamin Filosofia Memória Social |
| title | The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory |
| title_full | The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory |
| title_fullStr | The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory |
| title_short | The truths in Foucault and Benjamin: a contribution to the field of social memory |
| title_sort | truths in foucault and benjamin a contribution to the field of social memory |
| topic | Verdade Foucault Benjamin Filosofia Memória Social |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/44764 |
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