Anatomy of Violence

Is violence a legacy of our evolutionary history? How has violence developed in individual civilizations and where has it reached in modern states? How do social determinants – poverty, inequality, lack of opportunities – contribute to the emergence of conflicts between social groups?

The Learned Society of Slovakia invites you to a discussion on on violence in human society from an evolutionary, historical and psychological perspective.

Discussion guests:

• Pavol Prokop – zoologist from the Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. and the Faculty of Science of the Comenius University,
• Dušan Kováč – historian from the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i.,
• Barbara Lášticová – social psychologist from the Institute of Social Communication Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i.

Moderator: Soňa G. Lutherová from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i.

Event Information:

• When: Tuesday, May 19 at 5:00 PM
• Where: Open Society Laboratory, Staré lýceum, Konventná 15, Bratislava
• Admission: Free admission