Nexus Conference 2010
What’s Next for the West?
Superman meets Beethoven
Up until the First World War Beethoven’s music was synonymous with the ideal of European civilization. His Ninth Symphony expressed the hope of universal advancement and brotherhood through art and beauty. Two world wars later this ideal has lost much of its stature: despite art and despite the Ninth, mankind still proved to be capable of unspeakable atrocities. Which ideal of civilization could inspire us now?
Might Superman be our new hero, one that stands for science, technology and social engineering? Do we need to adopt other non-Western values as our new ideal? Or is the ideal exemplified by Beethoven still valid? The Nexus Institute has invited a number of leading intellectuals from all over the world to discuss the future of our ideals of civilization. The Nexus Conference will be followed by a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth.
Date: June 11th 2010
Location: Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
Registration & programme to follow
Sold out Nexus Lecture by Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim in conversation with Rob Riemen
The lecture will be publiced in a bilingual edition in the series of the Nexus Library.
Nexus Library
Chief Rabbi Sacks's keynote at the Nexus Conference 2009 is published in a bilingual edition in the series of the Nexus Library : Hope and Tragedy / Hoop en Tragedie.
You can order your copy here
Agenda
June 11th -> Nexus Conference
‘What is Next for the West? Superman meets Beethoven'
day programme in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
November 11th -> Nexus Symposium
day programme in Tilburg
Rob Riemen talks about his ideas and motives, the Nexus Institute and his book Nobility of spirit.
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