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Synopsis
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 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.
Synopsis
1. Introduction2. Jewish Historiography3. Socio-Ethnic History of Breslau History of Breslau4. Moses Hirschel - A critical biography5. Haskalah and Enlightenment in Silesia6. Jewish Rights, Human Rights and Anti-Semitism7. Hirschel and the Orthodoxy8. Final Remarks9. BibliographyArchivesMoses Hirschel's WorksGeneral Works