A human being with their responsibilities in the family, in the society and in the world. In their magnitude, individuality but also in their fragility. A human being as a question to which they seek answers themselves. A human being in the dialogue with themselves, with others and with God. All that matters in our project Human being in the Dialogue.
…there is no such situation in which the life would stop offering us a possibility of meaning. And there is no such person for who the life would not have prepared a purpose. A man lead by their will to meaning is searching and discovering it in three different ways… (Viktor Frankl, 1905-1997)
…by creating a work or doing a deed
22.1. Dana Krausová
clinical psychologist, logotherapist
19.2. Petr Pavel
general of the Czech army
20.3. Věra Roubalová
psychotherapist who works with refugees
…by experiencing something or encountering someone
23.4. Vladimír Smékal
psychologist
14.5. Josef Pleskot
architect
4.6. Václav Sojka
natural scientist and photographer
18.6. Magdaléna Fuxová
violin player, benedictin nun
4.9. Víťa Marčík Theater
Labyrint světa (The Labyrinth of the World)
…by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering
17.9. Marcela Řezníčková
therapist working with the trauma of death in the family
15.10. Edib Jaganjac
medical doctor, war surgeon
12.11. Martin Loučka
psychologist in paliative care
Karol Sidon
chief rabbi of the Czech Republic
Václav Vacek
catholic priest
“The time is out of joint” (Shakespeare – Hamlet)
Not many pose the question of the meaning. We are witnessing a pulverisation of social éthos. Many things which have been considered unconceivable recently in the life of the society are almost a common part of it today. We do not ask if this or that is good for our lives and our relationships. We do not ask if something is meaningful, just if it is feasible. And many sort of things are feasible. What has been considered solid, stable and invariable yesterday, is on the run today, with an only (if any) question: How can it be done?
In this year of the “Ethics in the time out of joint”, we want to seek together how to strengthen and control our own free and responsible actions.
The language of the lectures is Czech unless stated otherwise.
We re-discover that our identity and our anchor in this contemporary world requires not only a firm attitude connected to the earth, where we live, but also an upward look. A healthy spirituality or verticality, this both transcendent and creative dimension of human life, gives us the ability of creative power to build the human society, to participate in the public good and to pour hope into the life.
The lecture of Zygmunt Bauman, professor of sociology, philosopher, author of the concept of liquid modernity, was scheduled for May 2017. Professor Bauman deceased on January, 9th this year at the age of 91. Though we will not meet professor Bauman in person, we believe his ideas and thoughts will be part of many of our dialogues. May he rest in peace.
