Ricerc@Sapienza

CHIESA

The global affirmation of an economic-administrative form of government and the extension of a business rationale to all public and private spheres, to political, social, and even strictly economic domains, implied a profound change. This transformation is at the core of this essay.

This essay reflects on the current status of Western Philosophy vis-à-vis the renewed importance of religion in the field of global public politics. It contextualizes the relationship between “faith” and “knowledge” as developed by canonical authors — such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger — by analyzing the failure to detach philosophical reflection from religion, especially Christianity. Departing from this discussion, the essay attempts to situate philosophy in the contemporary age.