SessionIn person
Speaking of God: A Conversation with Simone Weil
- 10:00 AM
- Motahari Hall, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Allameh Tabataba'i University، Tehran
Rasoul Rasoulipour, Seddigh Ghotbi, مهدی اخوانAbout this event
Byung-Chul Han’s book Speaking of God: A Conversation with Simone Weil is the subject of a discussion featuring Dr. Rasoul Rasoulipour and Dr. Sedigh Ghotbi, moderated by Dr. Mehdi Akhavan.
In this book, Han draws on the thought of Simone Weil to address one of the central concerns of contemporary life: the crisis of attention. In a world where the noise of information, the accelerating pace of life, and the constant flow of stimuli leave little room for pause and reflection, paying attention to the world and to others has become increasingly difficult. Through Weil’s thought, the book explores the possibility of recovering attention and establishing a more genuine encounter with the world, as well as the relationship between this experience and the divine.
The speakers will examine the book’s central ideas and the relationship between the thought of Byung-Chul Han and Simone Weil. The event offers an opportunity for those interested in philosophy, philosophy of religion, contemporary thought, and the works of these two thinkers to explore more deeply the meaning of attention and what it means to speak of God.
The event is organized by the Iranian Institute of Philosophy, in collaboration with Kargadan Publishing.
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· Tehran