![]() ![]() In fact, the general opinion at that time was that one simply could not build too slowly." 1 Thus Kafka begins the nar rative of the biblical episode of the tower high enough to reach the sky that ancient generations wanted to build. as if there were centuries be fore one to do the work in. OF HISTORY Model Angel of History IOI GERSHOM SCHOLEM: THE SECRET HISTORY 7 The Paradoxes 8 Kafka, 9 Language and Secularization Notes of Messianism Freud, and the Crisis ofTradition 129 145 168 Introduction "At fi rst all the arrangements for building the Tower of Babel were characterized by fairly good order. ![]() WALTER BENJAMIN: THE THREE MODELS 4 Metaphors of Origin: Ideas, Names, Stars 5 The Aesthetic 6 The PART 3 FRANZ ROSENZWEIG: THE OTHER 1 Dissimilation 2 Hegel Taken Literally SIDE OF THE WEST 35 49 3 Utopia and Redemption PART 2. DI6.8.M83513 2009 901-dc2 2 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in u/r3.5 Adobe Garamond 3. ( Cul tural memory in the present) "Originally published in French in r992 under the title I.:Ange de l'histoire: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem 1992, Editions du Seuil." Includes bibliographical references. The angel ofhistoty: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem I Stephane Moses translated by Barbara Harshav. ![]() Printed in the United States ofAmerica on acid-free, archival-qualiry paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moses, Stephane, 1931-2007. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford Universiry Press. Publication assistance for this book was provided by the French Ministry of Culture-National Center for the Book. The Angel ofHistory: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem was originally published in French in r992 u nder the title L'Ange de l'histoire: Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem © 1992, Editions du Seuil. THE ANGEL OF HISTORY Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Scholem Stephane Moses Translated by Barbara Harshav STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFO R D, C ALIFORNIA Stanford UniversityPress Stanford, California English translation © 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. ![]()
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