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The constant opposition between the bistriist and che histonca mates uly cmmpreheneibe only f we ead the vex in Jarge measure, aban expression ofthe epposton between Adorno ad himsel Every lino that eraceabe text repays sty, bu for curtent purposes ane merely © que the fist half the itenth thesis ‘An historical mates cannat do without the notion of a present ‘whichis nea tanstion, bat in which ime stand ill and has comme toa stop. For this notion defines the present in which be bimsel tng histor: Historia geste “eteroal” age ofthe pst ie- ‘cic materialism supplies unique experience with dhe past Benjamin here makes clea the extent to which the critic enters into \ ‘fall elation with the past in which his or her present reveals the pas 33 ‘guisfons. The crucial problem here is how we ae to understand that “is.” How does the crite’ (and notice that the term must here be con- sidered interchangeable with “historian” personal constitution relate to ‘ny wider social collectivity! 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