Las dos filosofías de la historia de Adorno
Abstract
En este artículo voy a volver sobre la discusión (muy difundida en la bibliografía secundaria) en torno a la filosofía de la historia de Th. W. Adorno, intentando mostrar en particular la importancia de sus Lecciones sobre historia y libertad. Con un análisis detallado de este trabajo, sostendré que Adorno articula dos filosofías de la historia: una basada en la idea de progreso del marxismo tradicional y otra basada en la noción benjaminiana de la historia como catástrofe continua. Estas dos concepciones son difíciles de compatibilizar entre sí, lo que desemboca en el usualmente mencionado "pesimismo" de Adorno.
In this paper I will readdress the debate (much present in secondary bibliography) on Th. W. Adorno's philosophy of history, specially regarding the importance of his History and Freedom Lectures. From a detailed analysis of this work, I will claim that Adorno tries to sintesize two philosophies of history. One is based on traditional Marxism's idea of progress, while the other is based on Benjamin's notion of history as continuous catastrophe. These readings are difficult to compatibilize with each other, which leads to the commonly referred to "pessimism" of Adorno.
In this paper I will readdress the debate (much present in secondary bibliography) on Th. W. Adorno's philosophy of history, specially regarding the importance of his History and Freedom Lectures. From a detailed analysis of this work, I will claim that Adorno tries to sintesize two philosophies of history. One is based on traditional Marxism's idea of progress, while the other is based on Benjamin's notion of history as continuous catastrophe. These readings are difficult to compatibilize with each other, which leads to the commonly referred to "pessimism" of Adorno.
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Vol. 21, No. 38