Metaphor in Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin's Experience of Philosophy of History
The article attempts to trace the influence of W. Benjamin on Hannah Arendt regarding the essence of metaphor and its function of "transferring". This is an area of study of little interest to researchers of their intellectual heritage. The author argues that Benjamin's metaphorical thinking about history, tradition and memory has left a mark on Hannah Arendt's philosophy, in particular her theory of action and judgment. The author showed that the influence exerted by Benjamin was complex. He not only identified the problem – the ruin of history, the rupture of tradition, but also provided an effective instrument – a metaphor, moreover, a concrete metaphor of "the cloth". It is her, following her older friend, Arendt will actively use in a number of major works to formulate the most important categories of his own practical philosophy.
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