Conference
Part I. Faith, Death, and Freedom -
6 September 2009
9.15 – 17.30
Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
Man after the End of History
A generation ago, in the summer of 1989, Francis Fukuyama published his lecture ‘The End of History?’ Its title came to symbolise the triumph of liberalism and free, Western democracy. Yet the conclusion of Fukuyama’s lecture was surprisingly downbeat: ‘The end of history will be a very sad time.’ His were ominous words. For over the past decade, only those who forgot that man has a soul can have been surprised at the rise of religion, nationalism, fanaticism, and aggression. The Nexus Institute initiated this conference in an attempt to understand and fathom the tragic secrets and dark desires of the human soul. And since all major art is nothing but a mirror of the soul, it alone can help us understand that which is so difficult to grasp: the human being. The opera La Juive by Fromental Halévy served as an example and a starting point.
Published in
Nexus 54
De passie voor geloof, dood en vrijheid
Nexus 54
De passie voor geloof, dood en vrijheid
Speakers
Jonathan Sacks
Anne Applebaum
Pierre Audi
John Gray
Moshe Halbertal
Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Eva Hoffman
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Nina Khrushcheva
Yossi Klein Halevi
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
David Modell
Tariq Ramadan
Charles Rosen
Marc Sageman
John Ralston Saul
Karim Wasfi
Leon Wieseltier
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl