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L'uomo è ciò che mangia
Una formula ormai passata in proverbio e un filosofo bavarese in genere ricordato soltanto per averla coniata. Oggi, nel momento in cui la parte sazia del pianeta spinge al parossismo il discorso mediatico intorno al cibo, sostenere che «l’uomo è ciò che mangia» equivale a fornire allo spirito del tempo una parola d’ordine decisiva, o quantomeno un motto araldico adottabile a piacere da dietologi, cuochi, pubblicitari, politici, gente di spettacolo. Difficile preconizzare l’apoteosi attuale nel 1850, quando Ludwig Feuerbach azzardò quell’espressione in un articolo recensorio intitolato La scienza e la rivoluzione; e anche dodici anni dopo, quando ne esplicitò l’insidiosa radicalità e la densità simbolica nel saggio Il mistero del sacrificio, ovvero l’uomo è ciò che mangia, osservando come continuasse «a risuonare nelle orecchie di alcuni, ma solo come una nota stonata che offende l’onorabilità della filosofia e della cultura tedesche». Caduta da tempo l’accusa di lesa maestà del pensiero, i due testi, qui raccolti, conservano tuttavia la loro carica di felice insolenza nei confronti di ogni idea sublimante e disincarnata dell’uomo. Nello scritto più tardo, Feuerbach estende il perimetro del materialismo gastrologico alla divinità stessa: «sacrificare agli dei significa dar loro da mangiare». È l’atto di nascita della «gastroteologia».
75 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2017
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Ludwig Feuerbach
393 books219 followersLudwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 – September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often recognized as a bridge between Hegel and Marx.
Feuerbach is best known for his criticism of Idealism and religion, especially Christianity, written in the early forties. He believed that any progress in human culture and civilization required the repudiation of both. His later writings were concerned with developing a materialistic humanism and an ethics of human solidarity. With the recent publication of a new critical edition of his works, a new generation of scholars have argued that his mature views are philosophically interesting in their own right.
His most important work, Das Wesen des Christentums (1841), was translated by George Eliot into English as The Essence of Christianity.
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Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often recognized as a bridge between Hegel and Marx.
Feuerbach is best known for his criticism of Idealism and religion, especially Christianity, written in the early forties. He believed that any progress in human culture and civilization required the repudiation of both. His later writings were concerned with developing a materialistic humanism and an ethics of human solidarity. With the recent publication of a new critical edition of his works, a new generation of scholars have argued that his mature views are philosophically interesting in their own right.
His most important work, Das Wesen des Christentums (1841), was translated by George Eliot into English as The Essence of Christianity.
More: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lud...
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/...
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...
http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/bce/feu...
http://www.nndb.com/people/964/000094...
http://www.egs.edu/library/ludwig-feu...
http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Feuerbac...
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January 21, 2019
Un libro che ci porta a riflettere su qualcosa che ormai diamo per scontato : il cibo. Interessante perché ci ritroviamo a riflettere su qualcosa che fa parte delle nostre vite da sempre ma al quale, specialmente in questi tempi, si dà poca importanza.
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