Bergson and Mariátegui: a vision of time for Indo-America
Abstract
The following work aims to assert that in José Carlos Mariátegui thought there is an influence of Henri Bergson regarding his conception of time. For the Amauta, this way of understanding temporality is what allows him to create and build a new way of understanding concrete reality, in which his critique of both national and international capitalist society unfolds. Time for Mariátegui is constructed as something creative, as he draws from Bergsonian duration, which itself thrives on spontaneity and freedom in the imperishable present moment. This present moment does not merely act as a reenactment of the past or a utopian image of the future, but rather as constant creation. Bergson emerges as one of the many authors who influenced the Amauta, but we consider him the most relevant concerning the concept of time, particularly in relation to the idea of a socialist revolution.
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