Reading Arendt in Israel: Colonialism's boomerang effect, October 7 and the question of genocide
with Dr. Shmuel Lederman
The Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Sciences at the Open University
May 29, 2024 at 14:15-15:45
Hybrid event: Zoom* and room 1013, Hamadrega building, University of Haifa**
Abstract
This lecture offers an “Arendtian” perspective on the events leading to October 7 and the war in Gaza. It examines the “long 2023” as the year when Israeli colonialism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories came back home. Against this background, it reflects on the question of genocide in Israel/Palestine from the perspective of develpments in the field of genocide studies in recent decades.
Dr. Shmuel Lederman specializes in political theory and genocide studies. He published a book and numerous articles on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, and currently works on a book on Arendt and genocide studies.