Moses Hirschel and enlightenment Breslau: a city and its Jews in the late eighteenth century

Breslau has been almost entirely forgotten in the Anglophone sphere as a place of Enlightenment. Moreover, in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment, Breslau has never been discussed as a place of intercultural exchange between German-speaking Jewish, Protestant and Catholic intellectuals. The stor...

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Main Author: Heywood Jones, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan [2021]
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Summary:Breslau has been almost entirely forgotten in the Anglophone sphere as a place of Enlightenment. Moreover, in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment, Breslau has never been discussed as a place of intercultural exchange between German-speaking Jewish, Protestant and Catholic intellectuals. The story of Moses Hirschel offers us an excellent case-study to investigate the complex reciprocal relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish enlighteners in a prosperous and influential Central European city on the cusp of the 18th century
Item Description:1. Introduction -- 2. Jewish Historiography -- 3. Socio-Ethnic History of Breslau History of Breslau -- 4. Moses Hirschel - A critical biography -- 5. Hirschel and the Orthodoxy -- 6. Jewish Rights, Human Rights and Anti-Semitism -- 7. Haskalah and Enlightenment in Silesia -- 8. Final Remarks
Physical Description:viii, 264 Seiten
ISBN:9783030462345

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