Kremnitzer addresses the contemporary shape war today is taking, in which the inherent negativity of war is coming to the fore. This refers not only to the obvious moral negativity of war, namely, that it is a horrid thing, but its ontological negativity as well. Concretely, war today seems to be endless, in the dual sense of that term: without feasible ends, and with no terminus in sight. The question, then, is not whether to end a war (of course), or when (yesterday, now, asap), but how. What are the political structures that make the cessation of war seem like such an impossible task today? Аnd can we, nonetheless, effectively put a limit to war? How?
Yuval Kremnitzer teaches in the Graduate program in theory and policy of art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and at the Haim Striks School of law and the Brandeis Institute at the college of Management Academic studies, in Rishon Leziyon. Yuval is a philosopher, focusing in his work on the intersection of authority and technology. His book: The Emperor’s New Nudity: The Return of Authoritarianism and The Digital Obscene (MIT Press, 2024), deals with the deep historical and philosophical background of contemporary, new authoritarianism and the medium in which it has taken root, the internet.