ETHNONATIONALISM AND NATIONAL CONFLICT

Gabriel Motzkin
The Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Professor Gabriel Motzkin, is an emeritus of the Hebrew University. He held the Ahad Ha'am Chair in Philosophy, and was also a member of the Departments of History and German Literature. Gabriel Motzkin has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities (2001-2004) and Director of the Franz Rosenzweig Centre for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History (1996-1999 and 2006-2007). His fields of interest are: the philosophy of history, secularisation theory, cognitive science, memory theory, and Heidegger.

Are ethnicity and democracy compatible? Is a democracy based on religious or ethnic principles possible? Gabriel Motzkin, Director, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, will seek to respond to these questions and related issues.

Introductory remarks and moderation:
Isolde Charim, philosopher and curator of the series