
Walter Benjamin’s ”The Concept of History”
Theory & Philosophy
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The Importance of Progress in Opposing Fascism
The idea of progress is a problem here in actually identifying these violence as the past and rectifying them today. Beni Minh acknowledges that fascism, especially in its technological proficiency, is very much in line with the dominant strands of ideas of progress. He doesn't want to look to the future as a way to oppose fascism, a naive faith that things will just get better.
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