Exploring the connections between Walter Benjamin's philosophy of
history and a Marxian Critique of Political Economy, Duy Lap Nguyen
analyses Benjamin's early writings and their development into a
distinct understanding of historical materialism. Benjamin's
historically materialist conception of history is shown to be
characterised by a focus on the religion of capitalism, the
mythology of the state, and messianic time. Revealing these
factors, Nguyen joins up Benjamin's philosophical critique of the
Kantian conception of history, alongside the historical trajectory
of capitalism he subscribed to. Influenced by the theory of fascism
outlined by German Marxist theorist Karl Korsch, we see how
Benjamin's own theory of revolution and redemption in capitalist
society developed into a sophisticated critique. Essential to
Benjamin's materialist critique was a recognition of the
fallibility of the Enlightenment notion of progress, as well as the
need to overturn the political and economic catastrophes which
enable capitalism and fascism to thrive. In mapping the exact
course of Benjamin's critical historical materialism, Nguyen fully
explicates the unique contribution he made to western Marxism.
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