Giordano Bruno Foundation

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Giordano Bruno Foundation

(gbs)
Giordano Bruno Foundation logo
Legal form: Foundation under civil law
Purpose: Promotion of evolutionary humanism
Chair: Herbert Steffen
(1st Chairman)
Michael Schmidt-Salomon
(Board Spokesman)
Consist: since March 30, 2004
Founder: Herbert Steffen
Seat: Oberwesel
Website: www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.de

The Giordano Bruno Foundation ( gbs ) is a non-profit foundation under civil law. The gbs represents the position of evolutionary humanism and advocates the values ​​of the Enlightenment . It is named after Giordano Bruno and was founded in 2004 by the entrepreneur Herbert Steffen . The spokesman for the board is Michael Schmidt-Salomon . The foundation is based in the Weitblick house in Oberwesel in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Principles

Foundation name

The foundation is named after the Dominican Giordano Bruno , who was executed at the stake as a heretic in 1600 . The founders of the foundation decided in favor of Bruno as the namesake because he represented a philosophy that was “out of date” at the time, which already contained “basic features of a non-dualistic, naturalistic understanding of the world”, “reflections on the theory of biological descent” and elements of an “evolutionary-humanistic Ethics ”, which also include“ the rights of non-human organisms ”. In addition, Bruno had provided “essential impulses for the development of modern criticism of religion”.

Foundation purpose

The Giordano Bruno Foundation has the statutory purpose of collecting “the latest findings in the humanities, social and natural sciences and to work out their significance for the humanistic concern of peaceful and equal coexistence among people in this world. In this way, the main features of a secular, evolutionary-humanistic ethics should be developed and made accessible to a broad public. "

Mission statement of the foundation

The Giordano Bruno Foundation represents the position of " evolutionary humanism " and advocates the values ​​of the Enlightenment . In detail, the foundation names the values ​​of critical rationality, self-determination, freedom and social justice. She does not understand humans as the “crown of creation”, but as an unintended product of natural evolution.

In the manifesto of evolutionary humanism , board spokesman Michael Schmidt-Salomon pleads for a naturalistic philosophy . He starts from an image of the cosmos in which everything "happens rightly", in which there are no metaphysical mythical creatures (gods, demons, witches or goblins) who intervene in world events with miracles in a supernatural (supernatural) way . In the introduction it says:

“We live in a time of non-simultaneity: while we are technologically in the 21st century, our worldviews are still shaped by legends that are thousands of years old. This combination of the highest technical know-how and the most naive children's belief could have fatal consequences in the long run. We act like five-year-olds who have been given responsibility for a jumbo jet. "(P. 7)

“Anyone who wants to develop a logically consistent (= non-contradictory), consistent with empirical knowledge (= our systematic empirical knowledge) and ethically viable view of people and the world must necessarily fall back on the results of scientific research. The traditional religions that have so far shaped human self-understanding can no longer fulfill this task. "(P. 7)

However, according to Schmidt-Salomon, it should not be overlooked in this context that some traditional humanistic ideas have come into conflict with today's expanded knowledge of man and nature. The approach to reconcile humanism with science can be traced back to the work Evolutionary Humanism by Julian Huxley , the first UNESCO director- general and a major contributor to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .

symbolism

The representation of Vitruvian people according to the idealized proportions formulated by the ancient architect and engineer Vitruvius (ius) is often used by the Foundation at events and in public relations as a stand-alone symbol with a high recognition value. The gbs is based graphically on the most famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci , so that the aesthetics of the Renaissance and Leonardo's scientific orderly thinking are symbolically taken up. The symbol was first used by the Foundation in 2005 on the front page of the Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism . It forms the second motif in the gbs stamp set.

organization

House Weitblick (2019)

The seat of the foundation is the Weitblick house in Oberwesel in Rhineland-Palatinate , previously it was in Mastershausen in the Hunsrück until September 2011 . The foundation has been a hybrid foundation since 2015 and has 14 employees and scholarship holders. Elke Held is the managing director.

The foundation bodies are the board of directors, the board of trustees and the advisory board. The board consists of Herbert Steffen and Michael Schmidt-Salomon , the board of trustees consists of Thorsten Barnickel, Ricarda Hinz, Jacqueline Neumann, Rainer Rosenzweig and Assunta Tammelleo.

Members of the advisory board are or were, among others:

The members of the foundation bodies, currently around 60 people (mostly scientists, some writers, artists and former politicians) do their work on a voluntary basis.

The sponsorship group currently has over 10,500 members. There are around 50 regional and university groups. The group of founders includes 40 people who donate 5,000 euros to the gbs annually or who have made an additional donation of 50,000 euros to the foundation's assets.

The gbs provides regular information on its annual financial data and the foundation's assets. In 2018, the total assets were around 4,000,000 euros. The expenditure in 2018 was 628,000 euros, mainly for events and projects.

The gbs is a member of the Coordination Council of Secular Organizations (KORSO) and contributed to its establishment.

Events

The gbs and their regional and university groups hold around 150 events per year across Germany.

A chronology and the film "Hope Man - The History of Evolutionary Humanism" provide information on the most important events in the history of the foundation.

Funded projects (selection)

"Religion-free zone" at the Catholic World Youth Day in Cologne (2005)

On the occasion of the Catholic World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, the foundation caused a public sensation with a Pope dinosaur car by Jacques Tilly at the event series “Religious Free Zone: Heidenspaß instead of Hell's Torment!” . The Star quoted CEO Michael Schmidt-Salomon, the criticism especially at the "soft filter Christians" that teach: "For all just metaphor and their faith tells them all would love it. There is an inversely proportional relationship between knowledge and enthusiasm for the Pope. ”In the lecture program, the Freiburg critic Franz Buggle appeared with the contribution“ Because they don't know what they believe - old values, new pyres? ”. In it he criticized the religious justification of violence and wars of conquest in the Bible and the threat of hell , which is still relevant today, especially in Christianity outside Europe. The cooperation partner was the International Association of Non-Denominational and Atheists (IBKA).

Research Group Weltanschauungen in Germany (2005)

The research group Weltanschauungen in Germany (fowid) has been working since it was founded in 2005 to collect, evaluate, summarize and publish information on various religious and non-religious world views on an empirical basis and with robust scientific methods. The information offered includes the annually updated evaluation with graphic cake on religious affiliations in Germany, which is received in the media and science.

Humanistic Press Service (2006)

The Humanist Press Service (hpd) has been offering daily online articles on free-spirited humanist topics since 2006. According to its own information, the hpd website has more than 3.5 million page views per year and an average of more than 10,000 visitors per day, which makes the press service the most far-reaching organ of the secular scene in German-speaking countries. The editors, correspondents and authors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland work for the hpd mainly on a voluntary basis. The gbs initiated the establishment and now supports operation on the carrier association Humanist Press Association partners include Federation of Spiritual Freedom (bfg), German Society for Dying With Dignity (DGHS) Humanist Association Germany - Regional Association of Berlin-Brandenburg Kdö.R., Humanist Association Austria , IBKA and the Coordination Council of Secular Organizations (KORSO).

Central Council of Ex-Muslims (2007)

In the house of the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, the foundation presented the Central Council of Ex-Muslims (ZdE) and its campaign “We have forsaken!”. The campaign made headlines around the world as never before have former Muslims openly confessed to having renounced Islam - an act for which the Koran provides for the death penalty.

Subsequently, in 2008 and 2013, the foundation initiated and sponsored the Critical Islam Conference as an “alternative dialogue forum” to the German Islam Conference . The foundation and the ZdE criticize the fact that the German Islam Conference fixes itself unilaterally on devout Muslims and "association Islamic forces". This negates the interests of those migrants from Islamic countries who came to Germany precisely because of the Islamic repression and religious regulations in their home countries. These migrants would become incapacitated and marginalized by politically enforced “ Muslimization ”. The gbs and the Central Council see the building of mosques , the introduction of Islamic lessons in schools and “Islamic reporting” as components of such a Muslimization . All of this does not promote integration, but supports the consolidation of a parallel society . The aim of the Critical Islam Conference, on the other hand, should be " to combat behavior that is contrary to integration, such as the compulsory headscarf or forced marriages , and to promote the linguistic and professional integration of migrants."

Giordano Bruno Monument at Potsdamer Platz (2008)

As a “memorial to the victims of religious violence”, a six-meter-high bronze cast by Giordano Bruno was erected on March 2, 2008 in memory of the name giver of the foundation . The sculpture by Alexander Polzin was donated by the gbs, UniCredit -Bank, Humanism Foundation Berlin, Ernst Salcher, Wera and Norbert Noetzel and was attended by Antonio Puri Purini (Ambassador of Italy), André Zeug (Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bahn Station & Service AG) and Durs Grünbein (writer) revealed. The unveiling took place on the sidelines of a conference of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science with Bruno researchers from all over the world.

Secular bus campaign (2009)

From May 30, 2009, the “ secular bus campaign ” with the message “There is (with a probability bordering on certainty) no God” went on a three-week tour through 24 cities in Germany.

Home children protest (2010)

The Jacques Tillys large- scale sculpture of the whipping nun contributed to the children's home demo in Berlin and supported the Association of Former Home Children (VeH) in public relations. At a press conference moderated by gbs adviser Ingrid Matthäus-Maier , it was criticized that the " Round Table Home Education " (RTH) set up by the German Bundestag was a farce. VeH: "The representatives of the state and the churches have done everything to evade their responsibility."

Fundamental rights for great apes (2011)

After Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer were awarded the gbs Ethics Prize in June 2011, the foundation restarted the Great Ape Project in German-speaking countries. The Fundamental Rights Campaign for Great Apes is led by Colin Goldner .

Against religious discrimination in the workplace - GerDiA (2012)

With the campaign against religious discrimination in the workplace - GerDiA , which has been active since 2012 , the fundamental right to freedom of religion and belief and the European anti-discrimination provisions are to be given a breakthrough in all publicly funded social institutions. "It is hard to see why other provisions should apply to Caritas and Diakonie than to workers' welfare," says GerDiA spokeswoman Ingrid Matthäus-Maier. In the meantime, GerDiA provides information and support for those affected as a permanent project.

Pro children's rights "Forced circumcision is injustice - even with boys" (2012)

The campaign “My body is mine!” Opposes the legalization of medically unnecessary genital circumcision with the message “Forced circumcision is wrong - even with boys”. The campaign is supported by many individuals and initiatives (including the Israeli children's rights organization Protect the Child ). In December 2012, the Bundestag passed Section 1631d of the German Civil Code, which continues to allow circumcision of boys under certain conditions. Criminal lawyers from the gbs advisory board, Rolf Dietrich Herzberg , Reinhard Merkel , Holm Putzke and Jörg Scheinfeld , consider the law to be unconstitutional and regularly speak up in the debate. Before the law was passed in 2012, Herzberg wrote in Die Zeit that reason and the Basic Law demanded that circumcision be limited to medically necessary cases and that the person concerned should decide for himself as soon as he was able to do so independently. In 2019 he wrote an open letter to the President of the Israelite Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria , Charlotte Knobloch . In 2012, Merkel described the law as “pathetic” and pointed out in the Süddeutsche Zeitung that no right of freedom would allow interference in another person's body. Putzke accused the Bundestag, for example, of having created “legislative nonsense” with a view to the purpose clause. In addition, the circumcision law paves the way for female genital mutilation . In 2017, on the fifth anniversary of the “Cologne judgment”, Scheinfeld presented an expert opinion with federal judge Ralf Eschelbach and physician Matthias Franz and urged politicians to act. Every year on the anniversary of the “Cologne Judgment” on May 7th, the “World Day of Genital Autonomy”, which was proclaimed for the first time in 2013, demonstrations take place at which the gbs and other organizations such as Terre des Femmes , MOGiS eV, Central Council of Ex Muslims and the German Academy for Child and Adolescent Medicine (DAKJ) involved.

Evokids "Evolution in Primary School" (2013)

In 2013 the Evokids project was started in cooperation with the University of Giessen . It aims to teach children in elementary school not only the history of creation in religious education but also the basic principles of evolutionary theory . Early occupation with the topic is necessary in order to “develop a well-founded image of man”, according to gbs advisory board Dittmar Graf. In addition, a prize was awarded for “outstanding work on the development of innovative teaching materials and concepts in the field of evolution, evolution theory, geological history and / or human history “Awarded for elementary school. The total prize money is 5000 euros. gbs advisory board member Max Kruse published the book “Urmel saust durch die Zeit” in collaboration with Michael Schmidt-Salomon, in which little Urmel “does not end up in the sea or space this time, but in the history of evolution”. The FAZ praised the “infectious enthusiasm and the pleasantly critical distance”. Die Zeit brought a preprint of the book and the NDR broadcast the episodes of the audio book read by Rufus Beck .

Euthanasia "My end is mine!" (2014)

The foundation has been coordinating the civil society campaign for the right to last aid since 2014 , in which the Berlin doctor Uwe-Christian Arnold , gbs advisory board and “Germany's most famous death helper”, together with well-known personalities such as Ralph Giordano , Bernhard Hoëcker , Ralf König , Gudrun Landgrebe , Fritz J. Raddatz , Udo Reiter and Konstantin Wecker have spoken out against the criminalization of euthanasia in the form of Section 217 of the German Criminal Code introduced by the Bundestag in 2015 . In February 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court declared Section 217 of the Criminal Code to be unconstitutional and void. Before that, the gbs had submitted two reports by Michael Schmidt-Salomon and Jacqueline Neumann in Karlsruhe, and at the oral hearing in April 2019 the opinion of Uwe-Christian Arnold was presented to the constitutional judges posthumously, Ludwig A. Minelli as complainant for Dignitas and Michael Schmidt-Salomon has been heard. Cooperation partners are IBKA and the German Society for Human Dying (DGHS).

Institute for Weltanschauung (2017)

The Institute for Weltanschauungsrecht (ifw) is an institution of the gbs founded on February 11, 2017 in Haus Weitblick. The ifw promotes secular legal policy and advocates the constitutional requirement of ideological neutrality of the state. The institute has a number of well-known German lawyers who prepare legal cases in philosophical law, accompany those affected in court proceedings and submit reform proposals to legal policy. In 2018 it made u. a. through the nationwide criminal charges against abusers of the Catholic Church made headlines. The ifw has been publishing the series "Writings on Weltanschauungsrecht" in the Nomos Verlag since 2019 .

Secular Refugee Aid (2017)

The Foundation contributed to the secular Refugee Aid Association (English name: "Atheist Refugee Relief"), the start-up funding and presented the autobiography of the co-founder Rana Ahmad "Women are not allowed here dream" for the first time to the public on Foundation seat in the house vision before.

Hans Albert Institute (2020)

On the occasion of the 99th birthday of gbs Advisory Board Hans Albert on February 8, 2020, the foundation established the Hans Albert Institute (HAI). The HAI aims to strengthen “critical-rational, evidence-based thinking”. Leading experts from various disciplines meet in the scientific advisory team.

Foundation prices

Deschner Prize

On the 80th birthday of the writer Karlheinz Deschner in 2004, the foundation announced the establishment of the Deschner Prize. The sponsorship award is endowed with 10,000 euros and is intended to honor people or organizations "who contribute in particular to strengthening secular, scientific and humanistic thinking and acting". It has been awarded twice: to Richard Dawkins (2007) and Raif Badawi as well as his wife Ensaf Haidar (2016).

Ethics award

The Ethics Prize of the Giordano Bruno Foundation is endowed with 10,000 euros and, according to the foundation, stands “for the development of positive alternatives in the sense of evolutionary humanism”. Prize winners are Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer (2011).

Cheeky Mario Art Prize

The foundation supports the Art Prize Der cheeky Mario . It has been awarded for blasphemy works of art in various genres (including cartoons, sculptures, texts, cabaret contributions, pieces of music, short films) since 2008 and aims to abolish Section 166 of the Criminal Code ( abuse of denominations, religious societies and ideological associations ). It is endowed with prize money of up to 6,000 euros. The award winners include Katharina Greve , Piero Masztalerz , Til Mette , Holger Paetz , Martin Perscheid and Jan-Michael Richter .

Varia

According to a report by the hpd in 2007 , the children's book author and gbs advisory board member Janosch transferred all rights to his work to the foundation , which, however, has a symbolic value in view of previous rights relationships. He made drawings available for the gbs Art Collection. The then Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber (CSU) called Janosch a “false prophet” based on the drawing of an infant baptism, who was not allowed to have “access to our children's rooms”. The foundation then clearly criticized Stoiber and increased the educational offer for children and young people with books and materials. Janosch said he was happy to be "noticed at all" by Stoiber. Die Welt wrote in an article marked as satire that Stoiber had "given his political life's work the golden shot" and declared his "exit from the Tiger Duck Club ".

In 2015, gbs produced its own stamp set so that it no longer had to fall back on Deutsche Post 's “often religious stamp motifs”, according to the foundation . The set contains four copies: postage stamp 1 ( Giordano Bruno / painting: Wolfram P. Kastner ), postage stamp 2 ( gbs-Leonardo / Manifest ), postage stamp 3 ( Karlheinz Deschner , photo: Evelin Frerk), postage stamp 4 ("Lighthouse of the Enlightenment" , Caricature: Jacques Tilly ).

Criticism and replies from the gbs

The naming of the foundation after Giordano Bruno was occasionally criticized in the press; he was not an atheist, but a pantheist - and Dominican - was. According to the philosopher Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, Bruno's world view stands for religion and metaphysics rather than for enlightenment and positivism. The foundation replies that it does not represent an atheist, but rather a naturalistic position that is compatible with Bruno's pantheism. For this reason, the foundation has nothing to criticize about a god who is in harmony with the laws of nature.

The FAZ journalist Thomas Thiel accused the foundation of representing “flat naturalism” or “ scientism ”. In this context, the attacks by the biologist and then member of the advisory board of the gbs Ulrich Kutschera against the humanities are criticized, which were defended by the humanistic press service that nothing in the humanities makes sense except in the light of biology.

At the end of 2011, the philosopher Norbert Hoerster stepped down from the foundation's advisory board. Hoerster stated in a comment in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he rejected the content, campaigns and argumentation style represented by its spokesman Schmidt-Salomon. He also finds the “ New Atheism ” of the biologist Richard Dawkins , who also represents the foundation, less than convincing . “I don't see why evolutionary theory can refute or even replace belief in God,” wrote Hoerster. The blogger Harald Stücker countered that the task of the theory of evolution is not to refute or replace the belief in God, but to explain nature. According to the application of the scientific principle of economy , a consequence of the theory of evolution is that the divine hypothesis to explain the origin and development of species is unnecessary. In addition, the foundation is not committed to a “new atheism”, but to evolutionary humanism . As for the comment in the FAZ, Schmidt-Salomon said that two main points of dissension had been well marked by Hoerster. One concerns the philosophical approach, the other the media strategy. According to Schmidt-Salomon, Hoerster takes the view that one can solve philosophical problems by "arguing almost exclusively philosophically". However, the foundation assumes a “unity of knowledge”, whereby philosophy should be linked with natural and social sciences.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

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