I. Einleitung

Gimmel, Jochen

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“…‘Non-identity’ thus refers to all the moments of particularity and contradiction, which cannot be compared but stand for themselves (Adorno, 2008: 6), and in this case the direct and individual experiences of the ‘violence in capitalism’ (Tyner and Inwood, 2014: 780). Drawing on Benjamin (Angehrn, 2008: 276–281; Gimmel, 2015: 156–164), Adorno introduces constellations as model to relate to the non-identity of the object. Constellations are proposed as horizontal relations of objects, which can be presented but not systemized or hierarchically ordered, thereby, illuminating fragmentations, contradictions and the particularity, or rather non-identity, of an object (Adorno, 1997: 162).…”

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“…This results in specific subject and object configurations, both marked by the application of capitalist principles that abstract from particular and singular moments in favour of systems and hierarchies (Jamesson, 1990: 20). Adorno proposes constellations as one way to challenge the totality of capitalist principles (Gimmel, 2015: 156–164), thereby developing a model in which history becomes tangible through space (Theunissen, 2007: 188). The individual might become aware of a constellation through experience and knowledge, thus relating rational and irrational, embodied and mental aspects in a moment of spontaneous cognition.…”

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‘Suffering ought not to be’: Adorno on the dialectics of memory

Kübler

2023

Environment and Planning F

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In recent decades, social and cultural memories have been much discussed in human geography. In line with an increasing interest in the nexus between memory and social justice, this article theoretically investigates the political geographies of remembering and its emancipatory potential. Surveying recent literature on the topic, I argue for a more nuanced consideration of capitalist thought forms as generally hindering remembrance. To pin down this argument, I draw on Theodor W. Adorno’s negative dialectics, stressing the all-encroaching totality of capitalist thought forms while adhering to the hope of overcoming them. While this perspective stresses how capitalist relations render remembrance precarious, it also enables us to conceptualize spontaneous, embodied moments of memory as acts of resistance against the dominance of these capitalist thought forms. Thus, this article introduces negative dialectics as an approach to consider how places of memory might challenge capitalist relations by circumventing the respective thought forms and transforming society through tenderness and solidarity between diverse people.

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Section: Conclusion: Negativity Fissures and A Glimmer Of Hopementioning

confidence: 99%