Philosophers, intellectuals and curious attendees will gather for a night of lectures and discussion focusing on issues of democracy and human rights, violence, the future of humanism, and more.
By SHAINA OPPENHEIMERRaphael Zagury-Orly(photo credit: ARIÉ ELMALEH)
The French Institute in Tel Aviv will host a Night of Philosophy on May 26 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Philosophers, intellectuals and curious attendees will gather for a night of lectures and discussion focusing on issues of democracy and human rights, violence, the future of humanism in the face of scientific technology and more.Leading philosophers from Germany and France will highlight the list of speakers, in French, Hebrew and English.After the tremendous success of last year’s event, the French Institute in Israel has partnered with the Goethe Institute and Israel Democracy Institute to bring the Night of Philosophy back to Tel Aviv for a second year. Curated by Raphael Zagury-Orly, the night will be filled with lectures, readings, discussions, panels, concerts, and performances simultaneously in 13 locations around Rothschild Boulevard and within walking distance of the French Institute of Tel Aviv.One of the 19 renowned French and German philosophers and more than 70 Israeli intellectuals is Francis Wolff.Currently an emeritus professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, Wolf has also taught at the University of São Paulo and the Sorbonne. In his lecture “What Is a Human Being?” Wolf explains that he wants “to show that the idea of man as a rational animal can still be defended, despite all modern critics against this ancient definition, and the actual situation of the human world, in particular in Middle East.”In addition, Wolff will present “Why Music?” based on his latest book Pourquoi la Musique?, highlighting the anthropological universals of music. He expresses his excitement at meeting with a new audience of Israeli intellectuals and “trying to understand what it means for these people to live in such a divided and violent area and what it means to philosophize, despite, or because, of all that.”He adds, “For everybody in the world, the name “Tel Aviv” is associated with an endless state of war. Philosophy requires dialogue, and dialogue with peace of the soul.”Other lectures and panels include topics on philosophy and Jewish thought, Kabbala, the ethics of war, and today’s migrant and refugee problem.Lectures will take place in the French Institute of Tel Aviv auditorium and rooftop, Coffee House of the French Institute, Center for Contemporary Art, Suzanne Dellal Center and several other locations. For further information: institutfrancais-israel.com
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