Il segreto dell’infanzia. L’esperienza di un tempo nuovo nelle pagine di Walter Benjamin = The secret of childhood. The experience of a new time in the writings of Walter Benjamin

The essay explores the world and experience of childhood as observed and described by Walter Benjamin in his so-called “mi-nor” articles and essays, which in fact shed light on his entire bo-dy of work, and particularly on his philosophy of history. Benjamin approaches the world of childhood in its materiali-ty through picture books, toys, fairy tales, images, atmospheres, and memories. It is precisely in the subtle connections linking childhood, memories, and history that he seems to uncover traces of a secret kept by children: children's play expresses a creative force capable of interrupting continuity, subverting the establi-shed order, and liberating and renewing the world.