Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 23:24:31 MEZ From: UZS106-AT-IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de Subject: Re: (Fwd) Civilization On Fri, 18 Aug 1995 13:51:14 -0400 (EDT) Fred E. Maus said: >> A quote from Walter Benjamin: >> >> "There is no document of civilization which is not at >> the same time a document of barbarism." ("Theses on the >> Philosophy of History" VII). > >This is a powerful formulation. Not least because it isn't >reductive (it says "at the same time," not "appearance >civilization, reality = barbarism"). > >I quoted it to a literature scholar (Peter Rabinowitz) at a >point in a conversation when it seemed relevant. PR's reaction was >to comment that he has been trying to stop using the word >"barbarism," with its xenophobic/racist origin. So Benjamin's ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this true??????? And which word does he use now????? Hmmmmmm... Anyway, I would like to know the quote in the original german version. Maybe there is some more music... Heiko >thesis applies to itself. > >Fred Maus > > > --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- ------------------
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