Hannah Peaceman presents a working paper on Jewish political philosophy in the German-speaking Diaspora

The project aims to tackle the universality, secularity and practice of Jewish Political Philosophy in the 19th century and until the Shoah. Reference-points are Jewish-German perspectives that were involved in political debates until the Shoah. They have not been systematically accounted for since then from a philosophical perspective. The aim is to reflect their potential as critical perspectives on society that can evoke its transformation towards a pluralistic living together with reference to Jewish concepts like Tikkun Olam which means to "improve the world". The aim is to develop systematic and normative grounds for Jewish political philosophy that can be universalized and secularized.