Beit Avi Chai presents "Zarathustra in Jerusalem" Prof. David Ohana looks at Nietzsche and Hebrew culture.
"Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?" (Nietzsche)
The ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) influence thinkers and cultural figures to this day. The man who gave Western philosophy nihilism and the will to power has influenced various groups: leaders and educators, religious and atheist philosophers, leftists and rightists, intellectuals and culture critics. What is it about Nietzsche and his ideas that managed to have such a broad impact on the Jewish religion, Hebrew culture, and Israeli identity? A series on leaders, power, and philosophy in the wake of Prof. David Ohana's trilogy on Nietzsche and the history of European nihilism, which came out this year in England.
Part 1: Nietzsche and Jewish Theology
• Tuesday, May 25, 8 PM
How did the thinker who declared that "God is dead" shape discussion of the Jewish religion? What sort of Zarathustra was constructed by Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, and religious thinkers and theologians in the Diaspora and in Meah Shearim?
Part 2: Nietzsche and Hebrew Culture
• Tuesday, June 1, 8 PM
How did the Nietzschean "new Hebrews" evolve into the Canaanites (coping with Fascism in the Yishuv), Lehi, and the political right.
Part 3: Nietzsche and Israeli Identity
• Tuesday, June 8, 8 PM
How has Nietzsche influenced Israeli wide scope of identities; from messianismto the kibbutz, from David Ben-Gurion to postmodernism?
Part 4: How Has Nietzsche Benefited and Harmed Hebrew Culture? On Judaism, Hebrew Culture, and Israeliness
• Tuesday, June 15, 8 PM
Panel discussion with:
Prof. Elhanan Yakira, Department of Philosophy, Hebrew University (chair)
Prof. Robert Wistrich, head of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University
Dr. Smadar Cherlow, Bar-Ilan University
Respondent: Prof. David Ohana, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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