English summary: In the conflict about the relationship of western modernity to other cultures, societies, and religions, the concept of the Enlightenment has played an important role, possibly even the most important role. The liberation of humans from the paternalism of religious and political-social authorities, through the discovery independence, and the ability of each to rely on their own reason, counts for many as a new level of cultural achievement that could longer be repressed. This distinction between a condition ...
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English summary: In the conflict about the relationship of western modernity to other cultures, societies, and religions, the concept of the Enlightenment has played an important role, possibly even the most important role. The liberation of humans from the paternalism of religious and political-social authorities, through the discovery independence, and the ability of each to rely on their own reason, counts for many as a new level of cultural achievement that could longer be repressed. This distinction between a condition of Enlightenment and one of non-Enlightenment, however brought with it (and still brings!) many difficulties in how the two sides, divided in this manner, understand each other. The rationality of the Enlightenment, however, cannot be understood as a marker which distinguishes western modernity from all earlier epochs and all current outsiders. This rationality has its historical conditions and its boundaries. There have also been in other periods, and other regions, a reflection over the rationality of the "self" and its abilities. The purpose of this book is to show that although he maybe considered outdated, that in fact Aristotle remains a worthy partner in important, even necessary, discussions about rationality. Over nearly 1,500 years, the exceptionally durable and extraordinarily elastic accomplishments of mediation and comprehension, which was made possible across cultures (even between the "Orient" and the "Occident") through Aristotle, created a tense dialogue about rationality, which not only defined past societies, but also can be employed earnestly, as a contribution to the resolution of the problems of rationality, with which we must still deal with today. German description: In der Auseinandersetzung um das Verhaltnis der westlichen Moderne zu anderen Kulturen, Gesellschaften, Religionen spielt die Berufung auf die Aufklarung eine wichtige, vielleicht die wichtigste Rolle. Die Befreiung von der Bevormundung durch religiose und politisch-gesellschaftliche Autoritaten durch die Entdeckung der Selbststandigkeit der jedem zur Verfugung stehenden eigenen Vernunft gilt vielen als ein erreichtes kulturelles Niveau, das nicht mehr unterschritten werden durfe. Diese Unterscheidung zwischen einem Zustand der Aufgeklartheit und einem des Nicht-aufgeklart-Seins brachte und bringt allerdings viele Verstandnisschwierigkeiten zwischen den so getrennten Seiten mit sich. Die Vernunft der Aufklarung kann aber auch nicht einfach als die Vernunft uberhaupt verstanden werden, die die westliche Moderne von allen fruheren Epochen und allem gegenwartig Fremden unterscheidet. Auch diese Vernunft hat ihre historischen Bedingungen und ihre Grenzen. Es gab auch in anderen Zeiten und Regionen ein Nachdenken uber die Vernunft 'selbst' und ihr Konnen. Das Anliegen, dem sich dieses Buch stellt, ist, am Beispiel von Aristoteles zu belegen, dass es sich lohnt, auch scheinbar 'uberwundene' Konzepte als Partner einer verbindlichen Diskussion zu betrachten. Allein die (uber 1500 Jahre) aussergewohnlich lange und aussergewohnlich elastische Vermittlungs- und Verstandnisleistung, die zwischen den Kulturen (auch zwischen Orient und Okzident) durch Aristoteles moglich geworden war, macht eine Auseinandersetzung, die nicht nur Vergangenes beschreibt, sondern es in seinem Anspruch ernst nimmt, attraktiv - auch als Beitrag zur Losung von Verstandigungsproblemen, denen wir uns heute stellen mussen.
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