When Walter Benjamin was a radio host
The German philosopher worked on 80 programs between 1927 and 1933. His scripts were confiscated by the Gestapo, but accidentally sent to an anti-Hitler publication
Naples, the most difficult secret to tell
The Italian city, excessive and overwhelming, remains a mystery beyond stereotypes. Portraying it well is the great challenge for writers. From Roberto Saviano to Toni Servillo, great names in Neapolitan culture recommend their favorite books about their birthplace
Byung-Chul Han, the philosopher who lives life backwards: ‘We believe we’re free, but we’re the sexual organs of capital’
EL PAÍS met with the famous thinker in Berlin. Known for his short sentences, the author of ‘The Burnout Society’ works at night and sleeps during the day
Hannah Arendt, friendship in the face of totalitarianism
The German thinker went into exile in the United States after the Nazis took power. She went from theorizing about the absolute evil of dictatorships to reflecting on the banality of those who worked for them. Today, she could have written about the limitless power of technology
Why do we obsessively take pictures? Photography on the analyst’s couch
Immortalizing moments has become an essential part of experiencing them. But photographs have always been a border between the private and public self. And they are a useful tool for psychoanalysis