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  1. A historical materialist approaches a historical subject only where he encounters it as a monad. In this structure he recognizes the sign of a Messianic cessation of happening. (...) He takes cognizance of it in order to blast a specific era out of the homogeneous course of history — blasting a specific life out of the era or a specific work out of the lifework.

    Walter Benjamin, "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

    #benjamin #materialism #messianic

  2. A historical materialist approaches a historical subject only where he encounters it as a monad. In this structure he recognizes the sign of a Messianic cessation of happening. (...) He takes cognizance of it in order to blast a specific era out of the homogeneous course of history — blasting a specific life out of the era or a specific work out of the lifework.

    Walter Benjamin, "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

    #benjamin #materialism #messianic

  3. A historical materialist approaches a historical subject only where he encounters it as a monad. In this structure he recognizes the sign of a Messianic cessation of happening. (...) He takes cognizance of it in order to blast a specific era out of the homogeneous course of history — blasting a specific life out of the era or a specific work out of the lifework.

    Walter Benjamin, "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

    #benjamin #materialism #messianic