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Moses Hirschel and Enlightenment Breslau

A City and its Jews in the Late Eighteenth Century

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  1. David Heywood Jones

    1. Independent Scholar, Berlin, Germany

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  • The first English language reference on Enlightenment Breslau and Silesia

  • Offers a critical approach to standard interpretations of Jewish history in Central Europe

  • Explores a new way of looking at and interpreting German and German Jewish history towards the end of the 18th century

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 1-3

  3. Jewish Historiography

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 5-34

  4. Socio-Ethnic History of Breslau

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 35-48

  5. Moses Hirschel: A Critical Biography

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 49-74

  6. Hirschel and the Orthodoxy

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 75-120

  7. Jewish Rights, Human Rights and Anti-Semitism

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 121-152

  8. Haskalah and Enlightenment in Silesia

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 153-217

  9. Final Remarks

    • David Heywood Jones
    Pages 219-221

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-264
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, Berlin, Germany

    David Heywood Jones

About the author

David Heywood Jones is a writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany. His areas include Memorialization Cultures, Haskalah, German Idealism & Central European Enlightenment history.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Moses Hirschel and Enlightenment Breslau

  • Book Subtitle: A City and its Jews in the Late Eighteenth Century

  • Authors: David Heywood Jones

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46235-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46234-5Published: 17 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46237-6Published: 17 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46235-2Published: 16 October 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 264

  • Topics: Jewish Cultural Studies, History of Modern Europe, History of Germany and Central Europe

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