Conference
Arts and Education -
23 October 2004
09.00 – 17.00
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlijn
Living European Values
Neither prosperity nor security can guarantee the active existence of civilisation. Culture, with its pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty, the three greatest virtues, is the domain where the meaning of the main spiritual and moral values is sought. Is it still possible, in a pluralist, secular society, to pursue the true, the good, and the beautiful? Or is relativism a more justified course to take? In this seminar, the role of mass society, of the arts and education were examined, against the background of the question: what ought to be done?
Speakers

Mark Anderson

Frits Bolkestein

Pascal Bruckner

A.S. Byatt

Iso Camartin

David Cesarani

Mitchell Cohen

László F. Földényi

Karsten Harries

Ernst Hirsch Ballin

Gabriel Josipovici

Atzo Nicolaï

Ingrid Rowland

Tibor Simányi

C.K. Williams

Willem Witteveen

Emily D. Bilski

Klaus Wölfer

Gary Smith

Katya Krausova

Andreas Landshoff

Paul Keegan
