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The Jews, Instructions for Use. Four Eighteenth-century Projects for the Emancipation of European Jews.
Bernardini, Paolo L.; Lucci, Diego
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Hardback. Examines four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews. A resource for scholars and students interested in Jewish-Gentile relations and Age of Enlightenment. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
This book examines the four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. The essays presented in this volume analyze the proposal advanced by the freethinker John Toland in 1714 and three projects of the 1780s, formulated by the state official Christian Wilhelm von Dohm in Frederick the Great’s Prussia, the economist Count D’Arco in Mantua under Habsburg rule, and the Abbe Henri Gregoire in France on the eve of the Revolution. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews, this book is ... Read more
This book examines the four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. The essays presented in this volume analyze the proposal advanced by the freethinker John Toland in 1714 and three projects of the 1780s, formulated by the state official Christian Wilhelm von Dohm in Frederick the Great’s Prussia, the economist Count D’Arco in Mantua under Habsburg rule, and the Abbe Henri Gregoire in France on the eve of the Revolution. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews, this book is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Jews in Space and Time
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781936235742
SKU
V9781936235742
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About Bernardini, Paolo L.; Lucci, Diego
Paolo L. Bernardini is professor of Modern European History at the University of Insubria in Como, Italy.||Diego Lucci is associate professor of History and Philosophy at the American University in Bulgaria.
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