An archive of printed words which have somehow struck a chord in me
17 Feb 2012
The concept of the historical progress of mankind cannot be sundered from the concept of its progression through a homogeneous, empty time. A critique of the concept of such a progression must be the basis of any criticism of the concept of progress itself.
Walter Benjamin, Illuminations (Pimlico, 1999) p. 252
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