This book reconstructs the lines of nihilism that Walter Benjamin
took from Friedrich Nietzsche that define both his theory of art
and the avant-garde, and his approach to political action. It
retraces the eccentric route of Benjamin's philosophical discourse
in the representation of the modern as a place of "permanent
catastrophe", where he attempts to overcome the Nietzschean
nihilism through messianic hope. Using conventions from literary
criticism this book explores the many sources of Benjamin's
thought, demonstrating that behind the materialism which Benjamin
incorporates into his Theses on the Concept of History is hidden
Nietzsche's nihilism. Mauro Ponzi analyses how Benjamin's Arcades
Project uses figures such as Baudelaire, Marx, Aragon, Proust and
Blanqui as allegories to explain many aspects of modernity. The
author argues that Benjamin uses Baudelaire as a paradigm to
emphasize the dark side of the modern era, offering us a key to the
interpretation of communicative and cultural trends of today.
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