PostelEast · Guillaume Postel and the East: Universalism in the Global Renaissance
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Идеите на Гийом Постел за глобално единство между християни, мюсюлмани и евреи се анализират чрез неговия опит в Истанбул. Това помага да се разбере как ранните европейски представи за Изтока са повлияли на развитието на ориентализма и арабистиката.
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Guillaume Postel and the East: Universalism in the Global Renaissance
The French scholar Guillaume Postel (1510–1581) was a Renaissance polymath largely known for his interest in Hebrew and Jewish esoteric tradition. He is often remembered for his belief in a past and future universal concord among Jews, Muslims, and Christians across the globe. Yet, what lay at the heart of Postel’s idea of such universal concord? Which sources, if any, influenced and shaped his vision? As a Christian European thinker, how did Postel understand the “Other” within his universalist framework? Was his universalism genuinely irenic, or did it hide imperial and imperialist ambitions? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie project PostelEast is a multidisciplinary research meant to explore the historical and intellectual contexts in which Postel operated and developed his universalist ideas, to reassess and problematize his idea of global unity. The overarching goal of the Fellow’s research—conducted at Indiana University Bloomington (US, outgoing phase), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain, secondment phase), and the Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia (Italy, return phase)—was to shed light on: (1) The profound impact of Postel’s encounter with the Ottoman Empire and Islam, particularly through his experiences in Istanbul, on his idea of global political and religious concord. (2) The influence of humanist and Reformed intellectual production dealing with the Ottoman and Islamicate worlds, published in contemporary Europe, on Postel’s political, religious, and philosophical theory of concord. (3) The core concepts of Postel’s universalism—specifically, sovereignty, history, and space. (4) The legacy of Postel’s understanding of the Ottoman Empire and his Arabic manuscript collection in shaping early modern European Orientalism and Arabic studies. Through a comprehensive historical and philosophical investigation, the PostelEast project has contributed to a broader reevaluation of the Renaissance as a phenomenon of Mediterranean and Eurasian intellectual exchanges, challenging traditional Eurocentric narratives. The project also aimed to bridge the gap between scholarly research and public understanding on pressing topics such as the Mediterranean as a space of exchange, and the historical relationships among the nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
The overarching objective of the PostelEast project is to provide the first in-depth philosophical and historical analysis of the political and religious universalism of the 16th-century French polymath Guillaume Postel (1510-1581) in his first main work, “De orbis terrae concordia” (1544). Postel theorized a peaceful political union between the East and the West, i.e., between Muslims, Jews, and Christians, under the renewal of an ancient and universal faith. Nonetheless, a comprehensive analysis of his universalistic theory and its intellectual context is still missing, since scholarship has focused on his Kabbalistic ideas. By ascertaining the crucial role of his interests in the Ottoman culture and the humanist milieu, this study will reconstruct the historical and philosophical roots, assumptions, and impact of Postel’s universalism, through the analysis of: (1) his first travel across the Ottoman Empire and its ideological implications; (2) the humanistic sources (familiar to Comacchi thanks to her past research), which orient Postel’s understanding of the Ottoman culture and religion; (3) his “De orbis terrae concordia;” (4) the transcultural transfer to which he contributed by bringing rare oriental books to Europe. Thus, the project will unearth his contribution to Western religious tolerance, cosmopolitanism, and orientalism. The three-year project will bring Dr. Comacchi at Indiana University Bloomington, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, and, during a secondment, at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Comacchi, who has international experience in Italy, Germany, and France, is confident that the Action will profoundly impact her career. She will acquire knowledge in the field of Renaissance studies from a global perspective, new skills, establish new fruitful relationships, and disseminate results among specialists and a wider audience, which will enable her to become a leading scholar in the field of the Renaissance history of philosophy and ideas.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA · VeneziaКоординаторИталия
- THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · BloomingtonСъединени щати
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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз