Illuminating the human condition. Jaspers’ tradition in dialogue with Japan
Illuminating the human condition. Jaspers’ tradition in dialogue with Japan
Conference
Karl Jaspers made a significant contribution to the intellectual panorama of the 20th century, inaugurating a fruitful tradition in the West and a still active dialogue with the East.
This conference explores the contribution of the existential perspective of Jaspers’ tradition to the reflection on the human condition, seeking to point out the originality of Karl Jaspers and his former students Hannah Arendt and Jeanne Hersch on the one hand, and to investigate the significance of such originality in the Kyoto School and the Japanese philosophical tradition on the other hand. This conference is divided into three thematic sections to better articulate this reflection on the human condition:
- Religion (25th of October, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm JST)
- Technology (26th of October, from 9:30 am to 12:30 am JST)
- Sciences (26th of October, from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm JST)
This workshop is organized in collaboration with the Italian Karl Jaspers Society and the Jaspers Society of Japan and will be held in hybrid form at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture at Nanzan University in Nagoya on the 25th and 26th of October.
Should you be interested in joining online, please write to Enrico Fongaro (fongaro@nanzan-u.ac.jp) or Piergiacomo Severini (pgs92@nanzan-u.ac.jp) for the link. Should you be interested in joining in person and join us for dinner on the 25th of October and/or lunch on the 26th of October, please let us know in advance.