A political reading of Benjamin’s mesianism and its possible connexion with Agamben
In Benjamin’s historical context, a dark path for humanity is written. An environment of persecution, infringement, and death that leads to the loss of humanity and the rise of the victims, as well as a compulsory way of reading history. For Benjamin, men are doomed to reproduce their history through the demand of progress that implies the override of the past and therefore its oblivion. With this interpretation it is imperative to ask if progress is a way for damnation and if it is, whether there is a possibility to save it. To this, Benjamin offers Messianism, as so does Agamben, and in that scenario two final questions come to mind, Is it possible to understand Messianism in Benjamin’s proposal as a political category? If so, Would that reading connect the philosophy of both Benjamin and Agamben?
