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Memória, história e analogia: Correspondências entre Walter Benjamin e Eduardo Galeano

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2022

Sérgio Luiz Gusmão Gimenes Romero*
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, João Monlevade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Joyce Conceição Gimenes Romero
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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*Corresponding author. Email: sergio.romero@uemg.br
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Este trabalho analisa comparativamente alguns aspectos convergentes da obra do pensador alemão Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) e do escritor uruguaio Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015). Apresentam-se, assim, certas afinidades entre os dois autores no que diz respeito à proposição de uma crítica à história oficial, tal como concebida a partir das classes dominantes, em prol da recuperação da memória de grupos sociais submetidos à violência e à opressão. Destacam-se, ainda, correspondências metodológicas acerca do emprego de analogias e metáforas por ambos os autores.

Abstract

Abstract

This article comparatively analyzes some converging aspects of the work of the German thinker Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) and the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015). Certain affinities are presented between the two authors with regard to the proposition of a critique of official history, as conceived from the ruling classes, in favor of recovering the memory of social groups subjected to violence and oppression. Also highlighted are the methodological correspondences on the use of analogies and metaphors by both authors.

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Epistemological and Historical Reflections on Latin American Studies
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