Università Roma Tre

The course will consist of two moments: the presentation of the meaning and the characters of the philosophy of enlightenment through the reading of texts of authors involved in the debate on the definition of enlightenment, with particular attention to the issue of tolerance and religious freedom ; The deepening of the relationship of the Enlightenment with the historical, theological and political reality of the Jewish people, through the reading of texts by authors of the time, from Voltaire to Moses Mendelssohn.

A.
E. Tortarolo, L’illuminismo: ragioni e dubbi della modernità, Roma, Carocci, 1999 (and further reprints)
Voltaire, Trattato sulla tolleranza, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1995 (and further reprints; in place of: M. Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, Napoli, Guida, 1990, because this text is not available)


B. One book at your choice:
A. Tagliapietra (a cura di), Che cos’è l’illuminismo? I testi e la genealogia del concetto, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2000 (new edition: Pearson, 2010)
G. Paganini, E. Tortarolo (a cura di), Illuminismo. Un vademecum, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2008
J. Israel, Una rivoluzione della mente. L’illuminismo radicale e le origini della democrazia moderna, Torino, Einaudi, 2011
Z. Sternhell, Contro l’illuminismo. Dal secolo XVIII alla guerra fredda, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 2007

C.
Materials made available by the teacher in the download area of his digital board (website FILCOSPE), in particular the entry "Ebrei" in the Voltaire "Dizionario filosofico".