File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1995/avant-garde_Aug.95, message 25


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
>
>
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