This essay explores the influence of Benjamin’s fragmentary historiography on Arendt’s understanding of narrative. I argue that Arendt and Benjamin shared a common understanding of the problems of modernity. For both thinkers contemporary conditions of existence were defined on the one hand, by a similar conception of history, and on the other hand, a break with the tradition of philosophy. I demonstrate that Benjamin’s fragmented history, adopted by Arendt in response to this contemporary politico-philosophical crisis, allowed her to redeem the past as a basis of a future-oriented philosophy by creating a space for arresting the continuum of history and asserting the importance of human agency.

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阿伦特和本杰明：传统，进步与过去的突破

本文探讨了本杰明的片断史学对阿伦特对叙事的理解的影响。我认为阿伦特和本杰明对现代性问题有共同的理解。对于这两个思想家来说，一方面通过类似的历史观念来定义当代的生存条件，另一方面又打破了哲学传统。我证明了阿连德为应对这一当代政治哲学危机而采用的本杰明的支离破碎的历史，通过创造一个空间来逮捕历史连续性并断言其重要性，使她可以将过去作为未来导向哲学的基础来赎回。人力资源中介。