Noterelle sulla guerra : dai divieti generali all’esperienza individuale

This contribution critically examines the effectiveness of the prohibition on the use of armed force and, more broadly, the capacity of international law to guarantee peace. Adopting an experiential and dialogical approach, it highlights the tension between the pacifist framework of the UN Charter and the persistence of contemporary conflicts. Drawing on the works of Freud, Einstein, Elias, Fornari, and Napoleoni, the analysis explores the psychological and cultural roots of violence, arguing that peace cannot rely solely on legal norms or institutional mechanisms, but requires a process of internalisation through which war comes to be perceived as a pathological expression of human aggressiveness. Within this perspective, the contribution engages with the notion of an “Omega Institution” (coined by Franco Fornari), conceived as an entity aimed at recognising war as an individual crime and fostering a planetary ethos grounded in a shared sense of humanity, while also acknowledging the persistence of a “system of war” rooted in inequality and domination. The final reflection links the logic of war to that of discursive conflict, suggesting that resonance with others, together with the overcoming of the impulse to dominate both human beings and nature itself, constitutes an essential condition for the achievement of genuine peace.