Prophet of Renewal

David Levi: A Jewish Freemason and Saint-Simonian in Nineteenth-Century Italy
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51898-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 73, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies in Jewish History and Culture

In this volume, Alessandro Grazi offers the first intellectual biography of the Italian Jewish writer and politician David Levi (1816-1898). In this intriguing journey through the mysterious rites of Freemasonry and the bizarre worldviews of Saint-Simonianism, you can discover Levi’s innovative interpretation of Judaism and its role in modernity. As a champion of dialogue with Catholic intellectuals, Levi’s importance transcends the Jewish world. The second part of the book presents an unpublished document, Levi’s comedy “Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie”, a phantasmagorical adventure in search of his Jewish identity, with an English translation of its most relevant excerpt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grazi, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1 The Book’s Structure

2 Methodological Premise

1 A Life of Action: David Levi’s Biographical Traits Against Their Historical Background

2 David Levi’s oeuvre

3 Enlightenment and Secularity Mark the Way

1 Freemasonry and Secret Societies as Catalysts of Italian Jews During the Risorgimento

2 David Levi’s Affiliation with Freemasonry and Giovine Italia

3 “Socialismo risorgimentale”: Saint-Simonism as the Core of Levi’s View

4 David Levi and the Role of Women in Modern Society

4 A Particular Relationship to the Wissenschaft des Judentums

5 David Levi’s Literary Legacy

Conclusion

Contextualization of David Levi’s Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie

Appendix: Il Mistero delle tre Melarancie o La Commedia Eterna Fiaba e Realtà di Turandot

The Mystery of the Three Oranges

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Grazi, Ph.D. (2012), University of Groningen, is Research Associate in the Department of Religious History of the Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz. He has published on Italian Judaism and Jewish/Christian relations, including the edited volume Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (2017).