O anjo da história e a memória das vítimas: o caso da ditadura militar no Brasil

Abstract

This article uses Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of history in order to expose the barbarism that is located in the western society foundations, which promotes exclusion and victim’s forgetfulness. The paper indicates the political role of memory in building democracy and rescuing the human dignity, which is recognized from suffering’s alterity. The article will focus the experience of Latin American dictatorships and, more particularly, the military dictatorship in Brazil. KEY WORDS – Victim’s justice. Political Memory. History and narration. Human person dignity. Military dictatorship. Walter Benjamin.