Il nulla, il logos e la fede : note sulla recezione degli scritti di Heidegger nella scuola di Alberto Caracciolo

In an autobiographical note published upon his retirement, the Genoese philosopher Alberto Caracciolo reflects on key moments from his thirty-year engagement with Heidegger’s work, driven by questions about the problem of death and the meaning of nothingness. His interpretative approach emphasizes a religious dimension, where a subtle revival of Kantian practical reason quietly takes shape. Caracciolo rekindles the interest of many scholars in a thinker often regarded as merely an epigone of a particular strand of Romanticism, if not outright nihilistic. Following an initial section devoted to Caracciolo’s writings, my paper examines the historical impact of this interpretative paradigm, with particular regard to the works of Giovanni Moretto. Moretto combines his interest in the Johannine logos with a reflection on the experience of language as a dimension in which human beings are originally situated, as potential listeners to a salvific word. In full accordance with the critical spirit fostered by the Genoese school, I then raise questions regarding the consistency of his hermeneutic move, engaging in a resonant dialogue where no neutral repeaters exist.