Agnes Heller and the critique of the philosophies of history. An analysis from her political context and intellectual trajectory

The objective of this article is to elucidate the context, content, and general purpose of the criticisms that Agnes Heller (1929-2019) raised about the philosophies of history. For this purpose, and summarizing some of the general postulates raised by them, we highlight how, regarding the political context in which he lived, Heller, like other thinkers, turned his gaze towards these philosophies in order to scrutinize the links that, to in his opinion, they were woven between these and the totalitarian regimes that were forged during the 20th century. In this regard, we argue that the reflections that the author presented on the subject, emanating from both her hard intellectual work and her personal experience, were not only aimed at showing the erroneous assumptions of the philosophies of history, but, by realizing of the harmful effects that arose from the instrumentalization that the aforementioned regimes, and especially the Soviet communist regime, made of them, were directed towards the elaboration of a conception of history that, moving away from all teleological, linear and deterministic considerations, was consolidated in a suggestive ethical proposal.

• Autores: Chaparro Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad EAFIT
• Repositorio: Repositorio EAFIT
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/33370
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10784/33370
• Palabra clave: Agnes Heller; philosophy of history; theory of history; socialism; intellectual history; 20th century; Agnes Heller; filosofía de la historia; historia intelectual; teoría de la historia; siglo xx
• License: Copyright © 2022 Juan Carlos Chaparro Rodríguez