Jaap van Praag (organizer)

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Jaap van Praag

Jacob Philip (Jaap) van Praag (born May 11, 1911 in Amsterdam ; died April 12, 1981 in Utrecht or Amsterdam) was a Dutch humanist organizer .

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At the age of eighteen Jaap van Praag joined the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP). In 1933 he became editor of the magazine De Jonge Gids, which was published by the Nederlandsche Bond van Abstinent Studerenden, an organization of non-drinkers, vegetarians, non-smokers, anti-militarists and do-gooders, and the radical-pacifist youth organization Jongeren Vredes Actie. He later became editor of the young socialist magazine Fundament, which was created instead. In 1933 van Praag became a member, later chairman of the organization Studenten Vredes Actie, he was also a member and from 1937 to 1939 chairman of the Jongeren Vredes Actie. Van Praag had left the SDAP with regard to the SDAP's approach to disarmament and joined the Onafhankelijke Socialistische Partij (OSP), later he left the OSP and rejoined the SDAP. He met many people who would later become active in the humanist movement in socialist and pacifist organizations. Van Praag studied philology and philosophy cum laude and then, from 1938, worked as a high school teacher for Dutch.

From May 1940 to May 1945 the Netherlands was under German occupation . Due to a ban imposed by the National Socialist occupiers on people who they identified as Jews in their ideology, van Praag was no longer able to work as a teacher at his school from December 1940. From 1941 to around 1942 he was a teacher at the joodse middelbare school in Rotterdam. Van Praag wrote a dissertation on Henriëtte Roland Holst from February to August 1941 . In 1943 he was imprisoned for six weeks for helping a child that the occupiers called Jewish into hiding. From October 1943 until the liberation of the southern Netherlands in September 1944, he went into hiding in Eindhoven .

Van Praag received his doctorate cum laude in 1946 . He participated in the founding of the humanist organization Humanist Verbond and became its chairman. He was also a member of the provincial parliament of South Holland for the social democratic PvdA, from 1954 to 1974 he was a member of the provincial government. He helped found the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and was its chairman from 1952 to 1975. From 1964 to 1979 van Praag was a professor for humanistics and the anthropology of humanism at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden . Until his death he was a lecturer in humanistics at the Humanist Opleidings Instituut, founded in 1964, an institution for vocational training for humanist spiritual assistance, humanist spiritual education and humanist spiritual education in schools. On the occasion of van Praag's departure as chairman of the Humanist Association in 1969, the Dr. JP van Praag-prijs donated. Van Praag received the IHEU Special Award. Van Praag had been married since 1936 and had four children.

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In 1943 Jaap van Praag wrote the work Modern humanisme: een renaissance? . The cover reads: “This book was born out of the need for a responsible worldview on a non-religious basis that could be both a foundation for personal life and a guideline for a cultural activity. This worldview is the modern humanism to which this book testifies. ”Among other things, it calls for a movement for the organization and education of non-ecclesiastical people; according to their statements, this organization became the Humanist Association.

In the speech on its establishment, van Praag distinguished between two issues. The "little quarrel" serves for equality of non-church people in society. The "big argument" is directed towards a publication by the Humanist Verbond about the Dr. According to JP van Praag-prijs 2011 against any form of “nihilism” ( moral indifference ). Since conscious Christians or conscious humanists would have been less susceptible to National Socialism, the geestelijke weerbaarheid (literally "spiritual / spiritual defense") of the people must be increased. In 1953 van Praag Geestelijke verzorging op humanistische grondslag published about spiritual assistance on a humanistic basis.

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  • Henriëtte Roland Holst: Wezen en Werk . Contact, Amsterdam 1946 ( book trade edition [PDF; 12.0 MB ] at the same time: Dissertation, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1946).
  • Modern humanism: een renaissance? Contact, Amsterdam 1947.
  • Geestelijke verzorging op humanist grondslag . 2nd Edition. Humanist Verbond, Utrecht 1958 ( 1st edition [PDF; 897 kB ] 1st edition 1953).
  • What is humanistic? Wolters, Groningen 1965 ( excerpts from the text [PDF; 65 kB ]).
  • Basics of humanism: inleiding tot een humanist levens- en denkwereld . 4th edition. Boom, Meppel et al. a. 1996, ISBN 90-6009-286-4 (English: Foundations of humanism . Buffalo NY 1982. First edition: 1978, translation of the 2nd Dutch edition by Judy Herget).

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  1. ↑ Grote Winkler Prins : encyclopedie in 26 delen . 9th edition. Part 19: Polynesiërs - Rivoyre. Elsevier, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1992, ISBN 90-10-09019-1 , pp. 98 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Bert Gasenbeek: Jaap van Praag (1911–1981): een korte levensschets. (PDF; 225 kB) Universiteit voor Humanistiek, October 2009, accessed on March 6, 2015 (Dutch).
  3. ^ English Dutch humanist organizer , p. Bert Gasenbeek: Praag, Jaap van (1911–1981) . In: Tom Flynn (Ed.): The new encyclopedia of unbelief . Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-59102-391-3 ( uvh.nl [PDF; 622 kB ; accessed on August 18, 2014]).
  4. ↑ Dutch een gezelschap van geheelonthouders, vegetariërs, niet-rokers, antimilitaristen en wereldhervormers , s. Hans Rooseboom: Oorthuijs, Casparus Bernardus (1908–1975). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. Huygens ING , November 12, 2013, accessed March 2, 2015 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Dutch radicaal-pacifistische jeugdorganisatie , s. H. de Liagre Böhl: Eldering, Petronella Everdina (1909-1989). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. Huygens ING , November 12, 2013, accessed March 2, 2015 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Bert Gasenbeek: De vooroorlogse away van Jaap van Praag humanisme naar het. Over zijn vredesactivisme en publicaties in het Interbellum. (PDF; 3.6 MB) Universiteit voor Humanistiek, 2011, p. 2 , accessed on March 1, 2015 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Dutch jong-socialistisch blad foundation, s. Alfons Nederkoorn: Het vergrootglas van de geest. A vergelijkende study over het Denk van JP van Praag en hedendaagse auteurs over humanisme in relatie tot spiritualiteit (=  Humanistic Erfgoed . Band 13 ). Papieren Tijger, 2011, ISBN 978-90-6728-271-0 , p. 76 ( hdl: 11439/353 [accessed on March 2, 2015] at the same time: Dissertation, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, 2011).
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Bert Gasenbeek: Jaap van Praag: 1911–1981: Leven met droom en daad. Universiteit voor Humanistiek, archived from the original on September 29, 2007 ; Retrieved April 2, 2014 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Alfons Nederkoorn: Het vergrootglas van de geest. A vergelijkende study over het Denk van JP van Praag en hedendaagse auteurs over humanisme in relatie tot spiritualiteit (=  Humanistic Erfgoed . Band 13 ). Papieren Tijger, 2011, ISBN 978-90-6728-271-0 , p. 79 ( hdl: 11439/353 [accessed on March 2, 2015] at the same time: Dissertation, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, 2011).
  10. ↑ Alfons Nederkoorn: Het vergrootglas van de geest. A vergelijkende study over het Denk van JP van Praag en hedendaagse auteurs over humanisme in relatie tot spiritualiteit (=  Humanistic Erfgoed . Band 13 ). Papieren Tijger, 2011, ISBN 978-90-6728-271-0 , p. 80 ( hdl: 11439/353 [accessed on March 2, 2015] at the same time: Dissertation, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, 2011).
  11. ↑ Bert Gasenbeek: Praag, Jaap van (1911-1981) . In: Tom Flynn (Ed.): The new encyclopedia of unbelief . Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-59102-391-3 ( uvh.nl [PDF; 622 kB ; accessed on March 2, 2015]).
  12. ^ Louis de Jong: Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog . Part 4. Mei '40 - Maart '41 . Scientific edition. tape 2 . Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1972, p. 781 ( loe.niod.knaw.nl [PDF; 11.0 MB ]).
  13. ↑ Alfons Nederkoorn: Het vergrootglas van de geest. A vergelijkende study over het Denk van JP van Praag en hedendaagse auteurs over humanisme in relatie tot spiritualiteit (=  Humanistic Erfgoed . Band 13 ). Papieren Tijger, 2011, ISBN 978-90-6728-271-0 , p. 84 ( hdl: 11439/353 [accessed on March 2, 2015] at the same time: Dissertation, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, 2011).
  14. ↑ Erwin Karel u. a .: Geestelijk Werk in ontwikkeling: 25 years Humanistic Opleidings Instituut 1964–1989 . Stichting Humanistische Opleidings Instituut, Utrecht 1989, p. 83 ( uvh.nl [PDF; 64.0 MB ; accessed on July 25, 2015]).
  15. ↑ Carla van Baalen: Humanists tussen doorbraak en verzuiling. Over de oprichting van het Humanist Verbond (1946) . In: Peter Derkx u. a. (Ed.): Voor menselijkheid of tegen godsdienst? Humanisme in Nederland, 1850-1960 . Lost, Hilversum 1998, ISBN 90-6550-589-X , p. 147–163, here p. 154 ( ubn.ru.nl [PDF; 689 kB ]).
  16. ↑ Quoted from Gasenbeek: Jaap van Praag (1911–1981): een korte levensschets. 2009, p. 2: “The boek is born uit de behoefte aan een responsible levensbeschouwing op niet-godsdienstige basis, the zowel fundament voor het persoonlijk leven as a guideline for a cultuurscheppende activiteit zou kunnen zijn. Deze levensbeschouwing is het modern humanisme, waarvan dit boek done [.] "
  17. ↑ Alfons Nederkoorn: Jaap van Praag, Modern humanisme, renaissance een? (1947). In: Humanistic canon. Humanistic Verbond, accessed September 2, 2013 (Dutch).
  18. ↑ a b Erna Zonne: Religion in the Netherlands . In: Markus Porsche-Ludwig , Jürgen Bellers (Hrsg.): Handbook of the religions of the world . tape 1 : America and Europe. Bautz, Nordhausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-88309-727-5 , p. 313–326, here: p. 319 ( online [accessed June 30, 2015]). online ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bautz.de
  19. ↑ Sonja Eggerickx : Human dignity and its humanistic justification in discourses of the EHF and the IHEU . In: Humanist Academy Berlin (ed.): Humanismus current . No.  22 , 2008, p. 53-60 ( online [accessed March 4, 2015]).
  20. ↑ According to a study by Martin Arnold dealing with the term geestelijke weerbaarheid by Bart de Ligt , the Dutch expression geestelijke weerbaarheid should be literally translated as "intellectual / spiritual defenses", s. Martin Arnold: The power of goodness: A basic model of how successful non-violent conflict resolution works according to Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Bart de Ligt. (PDF; 7.9 MB) 2011, p. 542 , accessed on March 2, 2015 .
  21. ↑ Humanist Verbond (ed.): Leven is doorgeven. Van Praagprijs 2011 . S. 57 ( humanistischeverbond.nl [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on March 6, 2015]).
  22. ↑ Suzette van IJssel: "Daar hebben humanisten het niet zo over": over de rol van spiritualiteit in het leven en werk van humanist geestelijk raadslieden . Eburon, Delft 2007, ISBN 978-90-5972-198-2 , pp. 208 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Praag, Jaap van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Praag, Jacob Philip van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch humanistic organizer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1981
Place of death Utrecht or Amsterdam