What does the paradoxical expression “spes contra spem” (hoping against hope) really mean? And how may the paradoxical situation inherent in this expression apply in the contemporary context of old and new forms of religion?
The Department of French Literature of the Université de Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal presents the Italian philosopher Adriano Fabris.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 – 12pm
Conference at the Faculty of Theology of the Université de Montreal, Pav. Marguerite d’Youville, 2375 ch. de la Côte Ste-Catherine, Salle 4030. Free entry
First of all, Fabris will outline a short history of the topic by referring, above all, to Judaism and Christianity. Secondly he will discuss the paradoxical question of hope in contemporary world of faith: in particular analyzing some “new religions” (religions on the web, by the web and in the web). Finally, Fabris will outline the possibility of “hoping against hope” in today’s situation of very loss of hope.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 – 16:30pm
Roundtable at the Department of French Literature of the Université de Montreal, Pav. Lionel-Groulx, 3200 rue Jean Brillant, Salle C-3061. Free entry
The theme of the roundtable is : « Post-truth and authority »
Participants: Adriano Fabris (Università di Pisa, Italia), Marcello Vitali-Rosati (Université de Montréal, Canada), Pierre Lévy (Université de Ottawa, Canada) and Stéphane Vial (Université de Nîmes, Francia). Moderator : Servanne Monjour (Université de Montréal, Canada).
Adriano Fabris is Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Pisa (Italy). After his graduation Mr Fabris got a specialisation on Philosophy of Religion at the University of Freiburg i. B. (Germany) under the direction of Bernhard Casper (about the relation between philosophy and theology in the work The Star of Redemption of the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig). In 1987 he obtained a “Perfezionamento in Filosofia” (Theoretical Philosophy) at the University of Genoa under the supervision of Alberto Caracciolo (with a dissertation on “Philosophy, History and Temporality. Heidegger on Basic Problems of Phenomenology”). Since 2010 he is director of the research Institute ReTe (Religions and Theology) of the University of Lugano, Faculty of Theology. On this field he promoted researches on the conditions of interreligious dialogue. His actual research focuses on Hermeneutical Thought, Ethics of Information and Comunication and Philosophy of Religion.