Catastrofi sintomatiche e catastrofi propedeutiche

If still in Kant, the catastrophe was represented by the image of Lisbon earthquake, in the second half of the 20th century, the catastrophe has its own metaphor in the “hybris” of Technology. In its perverted circularity, Technology is the scene of a match played exclusively by Man, where there’s no trace of an arbiter or director. The disorientation in front of the results of his History goes beyond any ability to feel and imagine, beyond any possible human responsibility; it implies a loss of world, that is the loss of the Sense of relationship between a Subject and the Object, between mutually interested Subjects. Therefore, the catastrophe is always imminent, visible, though at the same time unperceived. Who could testify it if not Man, through his astonishment, questions and wonder? But what is left of Man once he has emancipated from the “shock” of Contingency?