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Considered the first specimen of a theoretical literature on Jewish political economy, the Discourse is much more. Initially conceived as an apology for the Jewish community of Venice, it is actually replete with sceptical ideas.This volume will essentially aim at refreshing the approach to this work by highlighting and analysing its sceptical background and implications, especially as far as it involves the realm of politics and fashions a sceptical political appraisal of the Jewish people.

Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge is the first sceptical treatise of the early modern period to be written by a Jew. This work, written in the vernacular and signed by the author describing himself as a "Venetian Jew," must be considered a key work for investigating the intensive transfer of knowledge between Jews and Christians and as a mirror of the contemporary philosophical leanings and social and political changes.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Remarks -- Contents -- Discorso Circa Il Stato Degli Hebrei Et In Particolar Dimoranti Nell'Inclita Città Di Venetia / Luzzatto, Simone -- Discourse On The State Of The Jews And In Particular Those Dwelling In The Illustrious City Of Venice / Luzzatto, Simone -- The Venetian Context Of The Discourse / Ravid, Benjamin -- Individual Responsibility and Collective Punishment in the Thought of Rabbi Simone Luzzatto / Veltri, Giuseppe -- Jews on Trial and Their Sceptical Attorney: Philosophic Scepticism and Political Thought in Simone Luzzatto's Italian Works / Lissa, Anna -- Bibliography -- Glossary and Index of Names

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / Veltri, Giuseppe / Torbidoni, Michela -- Synopsis of Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge -- Chronology -- Note on the Text -- Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge -- Serenissimo prencipe et eccellentissimo collegio -- Al benigno lettore -- Argomento -- Accusa contra socrate everssore dell'humane dottrine -- Discolpa di socrate -- Si propone ciò che si deve deliberare circa socrate -- The Deceit of the Senses: Sight and the Mirror / Veltri, Giuseppe -- What Does Philosopher à l'antique Mean to Simone Luzzatto? / Torbidoni, Michela -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places -- Index of Sources -- Index of Major Topics

This book is a collection of the proceedings of the study seminar held in Verona on 14 November 2003. This was the occasion for the presentation of the results of archive research performed by young researchers on the Jewish presence in numerous cities and smaller towns of the Venetian hinterland in the fifteenth century (Vicenza, Verona, Treviso, Feltre, and the minor centres of the Polesine and Verona and Vicenza territory). The various themes that are developed though attentive and documented analysis include: the autonomous initiative of the civic communities in the relation with the Jewish moneylenders and the attitude of Venice, divided between protection and the anti-Jewish tensions that were widespread among the lagoon nobility; the encounter and dialectic between the Ashkenazi and Italian components in the communities settled within the cities and hamlets of Veneto; the difference of the social and cultural climate between the first and second half of the fifteenth century, marked by incisive Franciscan preaching and attempts at expulsion from the cities; a look 'from the inside' which opens up the role of women in the economic life of the Jewish communities. Over twenty years after the convention on 'The Jews and Venice' promoted by the Fondazione Cini, these contributions illustrate the revival of study and the ever-present need for comparison and exchange on the issue of the Jewish presence in Italy. - Il volume raccoglie gli atti del seminario di studi svoltosi a Verona il 14 novembre 2003. In quella occasione furono esposti i risultati delle ricerche d'archivio svolte da giovani ricercatori sulla presenza ebraica in numerose città e centri minori della Terraferma veneta nel Quattrocento (Vicenza, Verona, Treviso, Feltre, i centri minori del Polesine e del territorio veronese e vicentino). L'autonoma iniziativa delle comunità cittadine nel rapporto con gli ebrei prestatori e l'articolato atteggiamento di Venezia, fra protezione e tensioni antiebraiche diffuse nel patriziato lagunare; l'incontro e la dialettica fra la componente askenazita e quella "italiana" nelle comunità insediate nelle città e nei castelli del Veneto; la differenza del clima sociale e culturale fra la prima e la seconda metà del Quattrocento, segnata dall'incisiva predicazione osservante e da tentativi di espulsione dalle città; uno sguardo "dall'interno", che approfondisce il ruolo delle donne nella vita economica delle comunità ebraiche: questi ed altri temi sono approfonditi in indagini attente e documentate. Ad oltre vent'anni dal convegno Gli ebrei e Venezia della Fondazione Cini, esse sottolineano il rinnovamento degli studi e la necessità, sempre viva negli studi sulla presenza ebraica in Italia, delle comparazioni e dei confronti.

Il nazional-fascismo economico del giovane Franco Modigliani. This volume is the first to reconstruct the intellectual profile of the young Franco Modigliani, who adheres to the economic and political theories of fascism by proposing avant-garde reflections on central issues of the theoretical debate: Keynesian thought, causes and remedies for the Great Crisis of 1929 , theoretical and historical reasons behind economic nationalism and fascist autarchy. After adhering to the theories of spiritual racism, Modigliani was surprised by the promulgation of the anti-Jewish laws of 1938. After arriving in the USA, Modigliani put aside the fascist and nationalist ideology, but he cultivated the study of Keynesian structures and thoughts, of which he then offered an interpretation which is still successful worldwide to the present day.