Event Archive - Winter 2008
Lectures
February 24-25, 2008
The Program on Values in Society is pleased to co-sponsor “Sovereigns and Subjects: Jewish Political Thought and Experiences in the 20th Century.”
Since the Enlightenment, Jews have had a double-relation to political power and the modern state. On the one hand, they have been liberated from tutelage to become minority subjects in liberal states. On the other, they have become sovereigns through participation in those liberal governments and also through the creation of their own state.
The purpose of the two-day symposium is three-fold:
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1.to explore Jewish perspectives on the central paradoxes and limits of modern liberalism and the nation-state;
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2.to see what is unique about the Jewish experience of modern politics;
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3.to find out what this experience has in common with other ways of negotiating the nation-state and the modern world order.
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University of Washington
Values in Society
511 Condon Hall, Box 353350, Seattle, WA, 98195
ph. 206-543-5855 | fax 206-685-8740 | ponvins@u.washington.edu