Symposium | Human Oneness

On February 6th and 7th, the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Center on Modernity in Transition will host a seminar-style Symposium on Human Oneness.

The concepts that express our shared humanity are proving inadequate to the challenges we face. Terms such as cosmopolitanism, humanism, and universalism can trigger unease in academic and public discourse, revealing that how we understand our oneness as human beings requires reconsideration. This transdisciplinary seminar gathers an international group of leading thinkers to engage this task. Specifically, we will constructively address a set of dilemmas that surround the concept of human oneness, including the tensions between unity and diversity, universalism and justice, essentialism and constructivism, the secular and the sacred, and human beings and their natural environment. We hope to cultivate a sustained and dynamic community of inquiry on this essential theme. To learn more, contact Shahrzad Sabet at ssabet@nyu.edu.

While this is not an open event, it will be complemented by a series of public events, including a book talk with Niobe Way.

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and the Center on Modernity in Transition.