Semblance and Play. Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Imitation
Keywords:
Benjamin, Caillois, dialectics, Goethe, morphology, mimesis, origin.
Abstract
The following paper focuses on the theory of imitation developed by Walter Benjamin in the famous work of art essay. The essay is approached as a new sample of the “research on the origin” already used in his previous works, which will allow us to highlight the key role assigned to “mimesis” as the “origin” which discloses the unitary law of the whole age. The essay, therefore, overcomes the limited scope of aesthetics in which traditionally has been framed and aims to a wider reflection on the inner contradictions of modernity, regarding which mimesis indicates both the problem and a possible way out.Downloads
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Published
2015-06-03
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Delgado Rojo J. L. (2015). Semblance and Play. Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Imitation. Logos. Anales del Seminario de Metafísica, 48, 57-82. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASEM.2015.v48.49274
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