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Werk und Wirkung des Rabbiners und Philosophen Simha (Simone) Luzzatto (1583?-1663)

Fachliche Zuordnung Religionswissenschaft und Judaistik
Förderung Förderung von 2011 bis 2015
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 200794517
 
Erstellungsjahr 2015

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

The project has highlighted two important aspects of Luzzatto's thinking: the political and economic awareness of Jewish elite and the Sceptic orientation of his thought. These two elements show the relevance of Luzzatto's thinking as an important contribution to the integrative process of the Jewish community from the 16th to 19th centuries using the example of Venice. During this period the perspective of Jewish community changes from a ghettoized group in Christian society to an integrated component of modern society. Up to the present day this element represents an ideal of modern society based on equal rights. At the same time the elaboration of a Sceptic philosophy played an important role in the evaluation of rational thinking and political authority. For the first time both of these aspects are developed in Venice by Luzzatto's Discourse and Socrates, which have promoted an interesting intellectual debate in Jewish and Christian circles. By showing the relation of Luzzatto's theories with Politic and Sceptical thought of Renaissance and Early modern period, the project opened new perspectives of research about the influence of Luzzatto's thought on the development of Jewish communities and his role in the elaboration of new political theories during 18th and 19*th centuries. Luzzatto's reflections are focused on the topics of human reason and religious tolerance, and expressed the complex demand of the Jewish people for a full integration on the one hand and the preservation of their peculiar identities on the other. However, Luzzatto's philosophical perspective also allows for a wider and more general reflection on the issues of tolerance in communal life, which are both essential subjects in the current political and cultural debates throughout Europe.

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