Ludwig Feuerbach (1804 - 1872), maybe the most famous atheist of the 19th century, who never denied God in the sense of a construct of human imagination but as the creator, understood his criticism of religion as continuation of the enlightenment, which was disrupted in Germany during the restoration.
Im Contrary to the French philosophy of enlightenment and the German idealism Feuerbach unmasks religious, dependant consciousness and theological dogmatism as instruments of established power, which can keep up by permanent incapacitation of those, who fight for their physical existence in the civil concurrence society. Incapacitated consciousness is oppressed consciousness and is not dragged on automatically with the world spirit or the process of enlightenment as Hegel claims. So it should be set free from guardians and integrated in the political discourse of power as Marx demands. Feuerbach's criticism has not lost its actuality in times of religious fundamentalism and calls for tolerance towards religions, cultures and different perspectives of reflection. This tolerance must be learned in dialogue and discourse.
That's why the international society of Feuerbach researchers invites this discourse and has established this forum of interested scientific and exchange of philosophical thoughts serving the " matter of mankind".
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