The history of Israel is one deeply marked by violence. The Jewish people have too often been its victims. Certainly, one cannot tell the story of humanity without including the brutality that Jewish communities in Europe have suffered too many times. The close link with violence, whether to defend or reject it, is very present in Jewish thought. However, the current government of the State of Israel has openly embraced it in order to consolidate its occupation of Palestine. Violence, however incomprehensible and scandalous it may be, demands attention and analysis. In this series of lectures, we will see how some Jewish thinkers have understood and theorized it.

Program

Thursday, January 15 - 18.30 h
De la Bíblia a Flavi Josep: reflexions sobre violència i guerra, by Joan Ferrer Costa, Universitat de Girona. (Watch the lecture video)

Thursday, March 12 - 18.30 h
Simone Weil: l’enemic és la guerra, by Pau Matheu, Universitat de Barcelona.

Thursday, April 16 - 18.30 h
Guerra, poder i violència en Hannah Arendt, by Fina Birulés, Universitat de Barcelona.

Thursday, April 30 - 18.30 h
Què ha passat amb els valors humanistes de la tradició jueva?, by Daniela Chiprout de Aparicio, JCall Barcelona Association - Another Jewish Voice.

Thursday, May 7 - 18.30 h
El Déu bíblic, justifica la violència?, by Teresa Forcades, nun and philosopher.

Thursday, June 18 - 18.30 h
Dones i co-resistència en el conflicte Israel-Palestina, by de Marta Marín-Dòmine, Universitat de Barcelona, writer, and Faride Romano, Ambassador for the Women for Peace project in Paris (Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam).

Location: Nahmánides Institute Lecture Hall
Free admission with prior registration

Organized by: Nahmánides Institute (Patronat de Girona) and Ferrater Mora Chair of Contemporary Thought (UdG)