From Violence to Reconciliation. Weltphilosophie and global political order

New political imperialisms call into question any actual peace project, requiring the elaboration of new reconciliation strategies within a global scenario that is increasingly violent and marked by the “logic of the strongest.” In this world disorder, Karl Jaspers’ philosophical reflection on the identity of Europe appears highly topical, especially in his works On European Spirit (1946) and The Origin and Goal of History (1948); the concept of the Axial Age takes on particular relevance, as it becomes the pivot around which imagining not only the project of a World Philosophy (Weltphilosophie) but above all the theoretical basis for a new peaceful international order. It needs new “tools” for reconciliation, an active “exchange” of memories given a shared narrative, and mutual recognition among different peoples. Is this just a utopia, or can it become real? The current geopolitical scenario cannot but anguish us. Yet, the legacy of Jaspers’ reflection urges us to seek all necessary means to achieve democratic peace under the right conditions, a project that is certainly more arduous but which we are called to pursue with ethical and political responsibility.