Human Frailty and Global Solidarity | Day 2

Calling out Cruelty

November 4, 2025 @ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Online Livestream

Blue poster for Georgetown University Global Dialogues, November 4, 2025, Barcelona, Spain. Features speech bubbles and globe icon, with the theme Human Frailty and Global Solidarity in white text.

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Calling out Cruelty

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?

Featuring:
Joseba Elola, editor-in-chief, Ideas,
Verónica Gago, professor of social sciences, University of Buenos Aires, and National University of San Martín
Nesrine Malik, author and journalist, We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent (2019)
Edurne Portela, award-winning author and journalist, Los ojos cerrados (2021)

Tuesday, November 4, 2025
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (GMT+01:00) Barcelona
Location: Online Livestream

Watch the livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/@GUGlobalDialogues