Black Light
Beyond reason
Lectures programmed for the exhibition “Black Light”
What space is still left for the irrational and the occult? How do we express nowadays the human drive for transcendence? The CCCB presents an approximation to cosmovisions which transcend reason.
In the early years of the twenty-first century, progressive secularisation and the rise of scientism have not yet managed to supersede other paradigms for understanding the world and the human being. Alternative world views—from traditional religions and their syncretic variations through to esoteric and mystical trends—seem to be responding to an epistemological void which, for many people, cannot be filled by reason. The “disenchantment” of the world foreseen by Max Weber has not occurred, and humanity keeps resorting to interpretations of reality beyond the limits of rationalism.
These lectures have been organised as part of the programme for the exhibition “Black Light”. Tickets to attend them will allow access to the exhibition.
This activity is part of Black Light
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