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“A historical materialist cannot do without the notion of a present which is not a transition, but in which time stands still and has come to a stop. For this notion defines the present in which he himself is writing history.”
― Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

“this fascinating tension between specificity and generality makes the transnational phenomenon of “literary Nazism” a key site for examining the relationship between globalization and literature, especially from a Latin American perspective, for the region has an interestingly ambiguous role with regard to certain totalizing accounts that involve Nazism. On”
― Héctor Hoyos, Beyond Bolaño: The Global Latin American Novel

“the spoils are carried along in the procession. They are called cultural treasures, and a historical materialist views them with cautious detachment.”
― Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

“Benjamin believed that part of the duty of the critical historian was to put in relation to each other moments in the past that hold the promise of emancipation, such as the Parisian revolts of 1830 and 1848, along with the Commune of 1871. While”
― Héctor Hoyos, Beyond Bolaño: The Global Latin American Novel