Franz Rosenzweig

Ethics, Love and Reconciliation - Aula XI
– Daniel Gross, The Missing ‘and’ of Love Your Neighbor
The presentation on this subject will attempt to highlight a significant
discrepancy in Rosenzweig’s description of the love of one’s neighbor and
discuss its implications on understanding his perception of redemption.
Following the exposition of Rosenzweig’s perception of love, namely that the
neighbor could be both man and thing, and that these two represent entirely
different entities, I will claim that: A) Rosenzweig’s general characterization of
love of the neighbor cannot be compatible collectively to these two different
entities but it only partially relates to man and partly pertains to things. B) This
lack of differentiation subsequently creates an amalgamation of, what should
be, two different and separate acts of love, into one seemingly simple, but in
actuality, highly vague and unresolved concept. In other words, Rosenzweig
omitted the linking and,thereby created a gap in understanding which needs
to be bridged. Based on Rosenzweig’s deliberation on redemption in The
Star, I will aim to prove this aforementioned discrepancy, fathom its original
meaning, relate to the relevant discussions in research and suggest the origin
of this variance lies in Rosenzweig’s personal experience. I will then endeavor
to indicate that the discernment between the two ways of love also helps us
to uncover and to emphasize two diverse perceptions of redemption that can
be found in Rosenzweig’s philosophy, both are once again intermingled with
one another. Briefly I will mention that the first perception can be labeled a
cognitive redemption, as it emphasizes man seeing and being attentive to
the true and sublime essence of the neighbor, and the second can be called
a concrete redemption wherein it stresses man’s actual actions in disclosing
himself towards the neighbor. I hope that these issues will enable us to open
new discussions for deliberation in academic, philosophical and ethical arenas
regarding Rosenzweig’s thought and world outlook.
– Angelo Tumminelli, Forte come la morte è amore (Ct 8,6). Franz
Rosenzweig interprete della Rivelazione
Interpretando la Rivelazione biblica, Franz Rosenzweig attribuisce all’amore
una funzione paradigmatica: la dialettica tra Dio e l’uomo fa rivivere, infatti, la
grammatica dell’eros con cui la relazione tra l’amante e la sua amata, tra la vita e la
morte, tra l’eterno ed il finito diventa espressione dell’eccedenza della Rivelazione
sulla Creazione, facendosi così viatico per il momento della Redenzione. Nel
paradigma della Rivelazione, per Rosenzweig, vengono rispettate le esigenze di
un Rivelatore che consegna il comandamento dell’amore come insegnamento
per gli uomini. Ripercorrendo le pagine che il filosofo dedica alla Rivelazione in Der
Stern der Erlösung, si cercherà, quindi, di restituire la dialettica del Nuovo Pensiero
nei termini con cui essa si definisce attraverso i concetti di amore-rivelazione
intesi come eccedenza e consegna che implicano sempre una relazione tra un
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