What does a conference on the deconstruction of violence mean? And why is it important?
The concept of violence indicates a complex notion that allows us to study it from different perspectives, as it represents a human, social, and historical phenomenon. Moreover, violence has become a pivotal topic in the last century. Particularly, after the First and the Second World War violence began to represent an essential issue, engaging a plethora of authors from different schools of thought to find a philosophical analysis in order to give a justification and/or condemnation.
Nonetheless, the concept of violence remains an open question that still needs philosophical clarification. One strategy that we may follow to unpack the phenomenon of violence, is to develop an investigation of the concept of violence by deconstructing it. Within this process, we can exploit two other key terms that are strictly related with the notion of violence: law and power. These concepts may be employed to identify the essential nature and structure of violence.
Accordingly, violence can be also understood, not only as a self-rooted phenomenon, but as emerging within the horizon of society and State. Thus, we can ask whether society and State have to comprise, control, or whether they both require some aspect of violence, especially as connected to the elements of law and power. What is the nature and structure of violence? How is it linked to law and power? Is violence like a self-destructive concept? Or is it the foundation of any given society?
This workshop attempts to provide an answer to this question with regard to four specific authors, namely Heidegger, Benjamin, Derrida and Foucault.
Nonetheless, the concept of violence remains an open question that still needs philosophical clarification. One strategy that we may follow to unpack the phenomenon of violence, is to develop an investigation of the concept of violence by deconstructing it. Within this process, we can exploit two other key terms that are strictly related with the notion of violence: law and power. These concepts may be employed to identify the essential nature and structure of violence.
Accordingly, violence can be also understood, not only as a self-rooted phenomenon, but as emerging within the horizon of society and State. Thus, we can ask whether society and State have to comprise, control, or whether they both require some aspect of violence, especially as connected to the elements of law and power. What is the nature and structure of violence? How is it linked to law and power? Is violence like a self-destructive concept? Or is it the foundation of any given society?
This workshop attempts to provide an answer to this question with regard to four specific authors, namely Heidegger, Benjamin, Derrida and Foucault.
Scientific Committee
M.A. Manuela Massa (Martin Luther Universität, Halle)
M.A. Giulia Lanzirotti (Consortium FI.NO, Italy)
Dr.Diego D'Angelo (Ku Leuven)
Dr.Lucilla Guidi (TU Dresden)
M.A. Manuela Massa (Martin Luther Universität, Halle)
M.A. Giulia Lanzirotti (Consortium FI.NO, Italy)
Dr.Diego D'Angelo (Ku Leuven)
Dr.Lucilla Guidi (TU Dresden)