Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 264 Seiten
Year of publication:
2021
Keywords:
Hirschel, Moses
;
Breslau
;
Haskala
Abstract:
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. An intellectual biography of Moses Hirschel offers an excellent case-study to investigate the complex reciprocal relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish enlighteners in a prosperous and influential Central European city at the turn of the 18th century. 1 Introduction 2 Jewish historiography 3 Socio-ethnic 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 Bibliography Index
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