Fabrice Hadjadj, leitor de autores italianos

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show how the philosopher and essayist Fabrice Hadjadj develops the theological concept of Paradise in correlation with two Italian authors, namely Dante Alighieri and Lorenzo da Ponte. In the first case, Dante provides clues to the understanding of a notion of Paradise that goes beyond the criticisms of Friedrich Nietzsche. In the second, the author explores the concept of “redemption”, present in the opera “Don Giovanni”.

After exposing the philosopher's interpretation in each case, we find that the reading of Dante promotes, for Hadjadj, a displacement of paradise from the outside to the interior and that Don Giovanni explains, according to Hadjadj, the redemptive dynamics of Paradise, as the invitation to maximum happiness is not the result of a personal achievement or the fulfillment of a moral precept, but a gift that comes from Above. Finally, we verify the transdisciplinary character of Hadjadj's reading of Da Ponte and Dante, considering them as authors whose works express deep realities that need to be unveiled and that can involve and help those who read the text contemporaneously.