Benjamin and Heidegger’s decades-old philosophical divide
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Ricardo Ibarlucía, a researcher at CONICET and professor at UNSAM, reconstructed a long-standing debate between Walter Benjamin and Martin Heidegger.
For nearly thirty years, Ibarlucía worked on a project to understand the philosophical and political differences between the two 20th-century thinkers. Through careful study of their writings, Ibarlucía argues that Benjamin and Heidegger did not share a simple agreement, but instead held distinct views. Ibarlucía’s work examines Heidegger’s connection to Nazi ideology and the ethical considerations within Benjamin’s writing.
He suggests that this disagreement between the two philosophers remains relevant today, as contemporary society faces issues like violence, fear, and a crisis of knowledge. The book, En Benjamin crítico de Heidegger. Historia, lenguaje, arte (17 grises), details Ibarlucía’s findings about a dispute that began a century ago but continues to resonate with current events. The author began developing the ideas for the book in the early 1990s.
