Walter Benjamin "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

Walter Benjamin "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

The view points of Junger and Benjamin are similar and different in others. In the terms of photography they are amazed at what can be caught in a camera. However the back ground on each author makes them somewhat apart. For example Junger mainly takes about photography via looking at pain, and Benjamin look at photography as a new technology and methods that the technology can be used.

I think junger refers to the camera as a “evil eye” because his background. As I mentioned before that junger wrote about pain because he was in pain and saw how the new technology killed a lot more people more quickly and brutally. This is why junger refers to the camera as an “evil eye” however Benjamin’s view are different. I feel as if Benjamin feel that the camera is a more advantages was, but does not mean as much as picture did in the old days. He also see’s technology as a good things.

On Pain

On Pain

Post liberal refer to the period of transformation of liberal education into specialized education.The progress refers to the period, where there was an introduction of technologies into the world which helped to transform human being through forms of specialized training.
Photography is the "evil eye" according to Junger, because it is a way of expressing our unusual brutality of seeing. " Ultimately, it is a kind of evil eye, a type of magical possession.

The "specialize" education and the "worker type" were within the education system and transformation of human life through technology.  The transformation on the part of worker's type was initially felt as a loss and also eliminates sensitivity, while specialization has a form of limited education and more focused.

It does protect a man from pain, to some extent, but not total protection where the individual has no other alternative than to remain loyal. Meanwhile, pain is inevitable 

I agree with Ernst Junger's thesis that pain is the central experience in human life . Individual lives engages in series of activities and we tend to stay in contact with pain through experience as we are growing up. " This observation explains why modern sensitivity relates to pain as a power to be avoided at all cost, because here pain confronts the body not as an outpost but as the main force and essential core of life"

Nazism

Nazism

Major corporations in Germany benefited during the Nazi regime. Especially in the first few years of the Nazi regime, Hitler believed that automobile production was the key to reviving German industry (much as it had become the cornerstone of American industry). Companies like BMW profited under the Nazi regime. BMW actually stands for Bavarian Motor Works, it was founded in 1916 producing airplane engines for the German air force. This origin can be seen in the BMW emblem which is actually a plane propeller spinning against the blue sky. After the Treat of Versailles was signed in 1919, a stipulation of the treaty made it illegalto produce airplane engines in Germany for five years. The company switched to making motorcycles and cars, part of the reason why BMW’s are so powerful is because they started off by taking stripped down airplane engines and putting them in cars and motorcycles. After 1924 they were allowed to resume making engines. During the Nazi era after 1933, production of airplanes increased dramatically. The No. 2 person in the Nazi regime was Hermann Göring, the head of the Air Force (Luftwaffe), which was a key element in the German strategy of warfare the Blitzkrieg (lightning war). BMW now admits to using as many as 20,000-30,000 slave laborers during the Nazi regime as well as producing military equipment for the Nazis.

The passage means how corporations in Germany benefited during the Nazi regime. Companies like BMW profited because they produced airplanes engines for the Germany air force.  After the treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, it was illegal to produce airplanes engines in Germany for 5 years. BMW then started making motorcycles and cars but then resume to making engines again. During the Nazi era productions of airplanes increased. BMW admitted to using many slaves to produce military goods for the Nazis.I chose this passage because I really like BMW cars. It surprised me to know how the BMW Company goes back in history. From making airplane engines to making cars, motorcycles and even military equipment. It shocks me how the Nazi influenced these major corporations to make weapons for violence or war. What really bothered me is that the BMW Corporation admitted to using 20,000 to 30,000 slave laborers during the Nazi revolution. This explains Hitler’s and Herman Goring priorities and self interest. To have innocent individuals or slaves produce violent weapons for them. It demonstrates form exploitation from these leaders’ behalf.

Max Weber: Politics as a Vocation

Max Weber: Politics as a VocationThis passage is talking about bureaucratization. What he is trying to say is that the specialization of a particular task within a government system is bureaucrat. For example as time goes on the world get more developed and new cabinets are formed to take care of the growing problem. One example of this In the united states is the creation of FIMA, Before hurricane Katrina there was no FIMA. After the hurricane and the effects of the ill prepared gulf created FIMA so the federal government can take care of the problem in a more specialized way.

I picked this quote because I think that speciation can be look at increase in technology because a new system is in place and this time of technology also relate to Junger’s thought regarding technology and how it can protect the human’s to resist pain.