Memory, Monuments and Resistance: São Paulo—Paris—São Paulo

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics

Sonia Campaner Miguel Ferrari¹ 

[1] Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo;

关键词: history;    memory;    monuments;    resistance;    walter benjamin;   

DOI  :  10.19205/47.17.2

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

IncolonizedcountriessuchasBrazilhistorybeginswhencolonizersarriveandimpose themselves on a territory, which for them is “new,” with history brought from afar. For thosewhoalreadyinhabitthisterritory,thepastnolongerexists.The Bandeirantes--pioneers contributedintheconstructionofthishistory,whichwasbasedonviolence against the natives and the usurpation of their territory. In the modern city of São Paulo, the local bourgeoisie established an ideological identification linking the inhabitants of the city, seen as entrepreneurs and tireless workers, with the pioneers of the sixteenth century.SomeconceptsoftheGermanphilosopherWalterBenjaminenableustounderstand this process.

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