Homaranismo

The term Homaranismo (literally about " teaching the members of the human race " ), also known as Cosmopolitan Humanism, comes from the Esperanto movement and includes Zamenhof's doctrine of the brotherhood of mankind.

History

Zamenhof designed this doctrine around 1900 and published it anonymously in a brochure in 1906 and then in a revised edition in 1913 under his real name. First (1906 ) Zamenhof called this doctrine after the Jewish scholar Hillel Hillelism because it was supposed to be only a reformed form of Judaism. A Judaism without the elusive dress code, purity and dietary laws, he hoped, would no longer be subject to the anti-Semitic baiting. As a basis for this he took the sentence under which one could summarize the entire Tanach, according to Hillel. This refers to the so-called Golden Rule: " What you do not like what they do to you, the SOG ' someone else' s also not to".

Specifically formulated Zamenhof following three rules:

Zamenhof commented:

"Under Hillelism we understand not a new denomination, but only a new socio- religious organization in the context of the already long existing Jewish religion. Religion This may be followed with a clear conscience every morally acting man, as well as look like his religious beliefs always, he had so far. "

This basic attitude led him to extend it to all religions. That's why he renamed it Homaranismo. Unlike other early members of the Esperanto movement for Zamenhof was the planned language Esperanto a means of facilitating the peaceful coexistence of peoples. Lidia Zamenhof's daughter took this philosophy and taught them side by side with Esperanto and their religion, the Bahai.

The Homaranismo has in teaching and worship striking similarities with civil and rational religious movements during the French Revolution, in particular for Theophilanthropie. Parallels can also be found on the project Global Ethic by Hans Küng.

The symbol of Homaranismo is a green, five-pointed star (see Esperanto symbols).

Excerpt from the Declaration on the Homaranismo

I. I am a man, and all mankind I see as a family; the division of humanity into different mutually hostile peoples and ethnic- religious communities I regard as one of the greatest evils which sooner or later must vanish and its disappearance must I promote best efforts.

II I see in every person just man, and I evaluate each person only according to his personal worth and his actions. Each insult or oppression of a people necessarily mean that he belongs to a different people, a different language, a different religion or social class than me, I consider barbarism.

III. I am aware that each country does not belong to this or that nation, but in full equality to all its citizens, no matter what the alleged descent they are, their language, religion or social role they have; the identification of the interests of a country with the interests of this or that people, or this or that religion, and the pretext of historical rights that allow a people of the land to rule over others, and to deny them the most basic and most natural right to a homeland, I consider remnant of the barbaric times when there was only the law of the jungle.

IV I believe that each person in his / her family life, the natural and indisputable right to speak any language or dialect and to profess any religion, as he / she wants; but he / she must, while he / she communicates with people of other origins, if possible have the goal to use a neutral language and to live accordingly neutral, religious principles. Any attempt by any person to raise his / her language or religion of other people when it is not really necessary, I consider barbarism.