Abstract:This article compares affinities in Walter Benjamin and Rosi Braidotti's historiographical methodologies, focusing on a monadic/nomadic perception of history. For Benjamin and Braidotti questions on how we remember, write and represent history are critical. Benjamin develops a non-linear representation of history in relation to the microscopic perception of Leibniz monad. Braidotti, in turn, develops a critical nomadic theory in relation to Deleuze's re-reading of Leibniz's monad. Can a link be established bet… Show more
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