Den jødisk-hollandske oplysningsfilosof, Baruch (Benedictus) de Spinoza, var en torn i øjet på Amsterdams rabbinere, der i 1656 lyste ham i band. Lige siden har der været livlige diskussioner om hans jødiskhed.
En række tænkere fra Hermann Cohen til Emanuel Levinas har set ham som en forræder af det jødiske folk, mens andre har forsøgt at rehabilitere Spinoza som den første moderne jøde og proto-zionist. I dette foredrag vil Jonathan Harmat kaste lys over Spinozas tænkning omkring jødiske emner og hans jødiske reception.
English:
The Jewish-Dutch philosopher, Baruch de Spinoza, was a thorn in the side of Amsterdam's rabbis, who banned him in 1656. Ever since, there have been discussions about his Jewishness.
A number of thinkers have seen him as a traitor, while others have tried to rehabilitate Spinoza as the first modern Jew and a proto-Zionist. In his talk Jonathan Harmat will shed light on Spinoza's thinking on Jewish topics and his Jewish reception.