The Hidden Paris by Walter Benjamin

• Grant number: 12/22519-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: June 10, 2013
• End date: October 09, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Urban Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Carlos Gaeta
• Grantee: Antonio Carlos Gaeta
• Host Investigator: Michael Löwy
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France

Abstract

This research proposes to investigate the Hidden Paris by Walter Benjamin. The study aims to understand the presence of the chthonic in the Parisian written, seen both in the sense of concrete underground city, and in a metaphorical sense as presented by the author. The delimitation of the chthonic Benjamin aims to contribute to the understanding of urban aspects of his philosophy. The main basis of the studies is the consideration of dossiers of "The Arcades Project". (AU)