La morte del cogito. Tra Benjamin e Freud

Abstract

This essay aims to investigate the Benjamin’s ontology through a comparison with Freud’s thought, particularly in the wider context of the destruction of the Ego. In the fragment Capitalism as religion Walter Benjamin defines Sigmund Freud as one of the high priest of the capitalist cult. Starting from the interpretation of this fragment, we will show their conflict and analogy around the process of the development of subject, characterized by a series of forgotten experiences. The principle that underlies the essay is that the relationship between Walter Benjamin and Sigmund Freud breaks the imaginary of the cogito, in order to open up the idea of historical subject as depository of political power and collective imaginary.