Memória, esquecimento e transformações da percepção na modernidade

Abstract

For a long time, the philosophical tradition has discussed the constitution of the subject based on his memories and the exercise of attention, thus leaving a space relegated to oblivion and dispersion. However, mainly through Nietzsche, there was an effort to reinterpret these movements and their impact on the construction of the subject. Authors such as Walter Benjamin continued this new logic, bringing more light to such questions. However, despite great advances in these discussions to develop a dialectic that works with this spectrum in a non-manichean way, even today in contemporary times it is possible to identify a pressure to remain attentive and avoid forgetting as much as possible, aiming to reach the maximum of human usefulness, whether in the political, economic, social or psychological field. Therefore, the present project proposed to study such discussions to better understand the current scenario and the path we are tracing for ourselves as subjects. Relying on the works, mainly, of Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Hartmut Rosa and Jonathan Crary, it was possible to acquire a little more clarity about this discussion, as well as new research paths to continue