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Marranos, Spinoza and the Power of Ambiguity: Towards
an Anthropological Analysis of the Marrano Phenomenon

Data publikacji: 2013

Studia Judaica, 2013, Nr 1 (31), s. 3 - 34

Autorzy

Aleksandra Bilewicz
Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-1270 Orcid
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Tytuły

Marranos, Spinoza and the Power of Ambiguity: Towards
an Anthropological Analysis of the Marrano Phenomenon

Abstrakt

The aim of this article is to present a new anthropological interpretation of secular trends among the marranos of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Referring to Mary Douglas’ concept of impurity and to Victor Turner’s notion of liminality as well as to some historical records on the marranos’ way of life and their religiosity, the author shows that the marrano, torn apart between the Jewish and Christian worlds, is placed beyond the accepted and unambiguous social categories and therefore perceived as a threat to social order. In the second part of the article examples of skeptical, rational or even atheist marrano attitudes are analyzed. A special emphasis was placed on the philosophical work of Baruch Spinoza who proposes in his Tractatus theologico-politicus a secular vision of a state based on tolerance and freedom of speech. Spinoza’s efforts are shown as a marrano rationalist’s struggle to overcome the “marrano condition,” i.e. a condition of people forced to live on the margin of society due to their hybrid status. The new secular identity can be therefore understood as a response to unresolved conflicts generated by the social position of the marranos.

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Informacje: Studia Judaica, 2013, Nr 1 (31), s. 3 - 34

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Marranos, Spinoza and the Power of Ambiguity: Towards
an Anthropological Analysis of the Marrano Phenomenon

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Marranos, Spinoza and the Power of Ambiguity: Towards
an Anthropological Analysis of the Marrano Phenomenon

Autorzy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-1270

Aleksandra Bilewicz
Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-1270 Orcid
Wszystkie publikacje autora →

Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa

Publikacja: 2013

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: Żadna

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