Four Non-hermeneutical Theses on Walter Benjamin

Authors

  • Giorgio Agamben
  • Joyce Karine de Sá Souza Nova Faculdade e Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Keywords:

Hermeneutics, History, Language, Walter Benjamin

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2025/85188

The unpublished manuscript Four Non-hermeneutical Theses on Walter Benjamin is part of the Giorgio Agamben Collection at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Originally written in French by Agamben in 1988, this text finds here its first translation into Portuguese. In it, the Italian philosopher articulates the concepts of language, time, history and theology to reveal the non-hermeneutical relationship between history and language in Benjamin’s thought. Agamben argues that the relationship between history and human language is a fundamental condition for understanding Benjamin’s thought which, by brushing history against the grain, moves away from trends in contemporary hermeneutics enclosed in the process of transmitting tradition. According to Agamben, the problem, for Benjamin, “is rather about interrupting this tradition, about operating its crisis, its final judgment”.

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Author Biographies

Giorgio Agamben

É uma das principais figuras da filosofia e da teoria política contemporâneas, notadamente conhecido pelo projeto Homo Sacer. Agamben atuou em diversas instituições renomadas, como a Università Iuav di Venezia, o Collège international de philosophie, a University of California e o European Graduate School.

Joyce Karine de Sá Souza, Nova Faculdade e Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutora em Direito & Justiça pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Em 2023, foi Pesquisadora Visitante na Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Universidade de Yale, período no qual se dedicou à pesquisa nos arquivos originais da Internacional Situacionista e de Giorgio Agamben. E-mail: joykssouza@gmail.com

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Published

2025-06-08

How to Cite

Agamben , G., & de Sá Souza, J. K. (2025). Four Non-hermeneutical Theses on Walter Benjamin. Direito E Práxis, 16(2), 1–8. Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revistaceaju/article/view/85188

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS

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Translations

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