Calling Out Cruelty

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The adoration of brute force and exercise of crude power have become hallmarks of governance in both democratic and autocratic settings. A hyper-masculine culture invested in spectacular displays of strength threatens social progress and peace everywhere. What are the insidious ways in which our tolerance for cruelty and Social-Darwinist thinking has increased and what can we do to foster alternative values such as love and compassion?

Join the conversation featuring British writer and journalist of Sudanese origin Nesrine Malik, author of We Need New Stories; Argentine philosopher and researcher Verónica Gago, author of Eco-feminismos; Basque writer and essayist Edurne Portela, author of El eco de los disparos: cultura y memoria de la violencia (The Echo of Gunfire: Culture and Memory of Violence); and Spanish journalist Joseba Elola, editor of Ideas, the opinion and analysis supplement of El País, who moderates the session.

The debate takes place within the framework of the CCCB’s collaboration with Global Dialogues, an international project led by Georgetown University that seeks to rethink contemporary humanism by creating a space for dialogue among public intellectuals and creators from different continents.

Event will be held in English and Catalan with simultaneous translation from English to Catalan.

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