Del “último Dios” a los hiperobjetos. Un entrecruzamiento reflexivo sobre las filosofías de Martin Heidegger y Timothy Morton

Abstract

The times we are passing through shows us extremely challenging characteristics that have never before been presented so urgently to humanity. We have indeed begun to go through a post-humanist, post-natural and post-epistemological period. These novel characteristics fit into both the post-metaphysical and post-anthropocentric context. In this respect, it seems that many of the "classic" categories that have characterized the history of philosophy have reached their consummation stage. On the contrary, it is reality itself, the convulsive situation of our biosphere, which urges us to creatively rethink the times we are going through. Such thinking implies a challenge for philosophy to be encouraged to move past terms to implement conceptual tools according to our time. In this sense, it is essential to dismantle the notion of anthropocentrism, as it is pragmatically responsible for the environmental crisis that we are going through. Problems such as climate change, the mass extinction of species, and the devastation of ecosystems are some of the phenomena that vehemently affect various living beings, including humans. The good news is that humans no longer occupy the centrality of the planetary stage. The "passage of the last God" in Heidegger and the "hyperobjects" of Timothy Morton are exerting an "ontological revolt" that shatters the modern subject. Our intention is to show the possible articulation between both thinkers in order to respond with a thought according to the call of the Earth.